9.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2021-20204

Published: 06/05/2021 Updated: 13/12/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

A heap memory corruption problem (use after free) can be triggered in libgetdata v0.10.0 when processing maliciously crafted dirfile databases. This degrades the confidentiality, integrity and availability of third-party software that uses libgetdata as a library. This vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation depending on input/skills of attacker.

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getdata project getdata 0.10.0

debian debian linux 9.0

fedoraproject fedora 33

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fedoraproject fedora 35

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #988239 libgetdata: CVE-2021-20204 Package: src:libgetdata; Maintainer for src:libgetdata is Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Sat, 8 May 2021 13:51:02 UTC Severity: important Tags: pen ...