CVE-2021-20204

moderate-risk

Published 2021-05-06

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.

Do I need to act?

2.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Getdata

Debian Linux

Fedora

Affected Vendors

Debian Fedoraproject Getdata Project

References (10)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956348

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00015.html

Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956348

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00015.html

Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...

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moderate-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal

Exposure 12/34 · Low