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CVE-2021-31873
published 2021-04-30

CVE-2021-31873: An issue was discovered in klibc before 2.0.9. Additions in the malloc() function may result in an integer overflow and a subsequent heap buffer overflow.

PriorityP344critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
2.15%
79.8th percentile
An issue was discovered in klibc before 2.0.9. Additions in the malloc() function may result in an integer overflow and a subsequent heap buffer overflow.

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debianklibc< klibc 2.0.8-6 (bookworm)klibc 2.0.8-6 (bookworm)
klibc_projectklibc< 2.0.92.0.9
klibc_projectklibc>= 0 < 2.0.8-62.0.8-6
klibc_projectklibc>= 0 < 2.0.8-62.0.8-6
klibc_projectklibc>= 0 < 2.0.8-62.0.8-6
klibc_projectklibc>= 0 < 2.0.8-62.0.8-6
klibc_projectklibc>= 0 < 2.0.4-9ubuntu2.12.0.4-9ubuntu2.1
klibc_projectklibc>= 0 < 2.0.7-1ubuntu5.12.0.7-1ubuntu5.1
klibc_projectklibc>= 0 < 2.0.3-0ubuntu1.14.04.3+esm22.0.3-0ubuntu1.14.04.3+esm2
klibc_projectklibc>= 0 < 2.0.4-8ubuntu1.16.04.4+esm12.0.4-8ubuntu1.16.04.4+esm1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
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