CVE-2021-32762
moderate-risk
Published 2021-10-04
Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. The redis-cli command line tool and redis-sentinel service may be vulnerable to integer overflow when parsing specially crafted large multi-bulk network replies. This is a result of a vulnerability in the underlying hiredis library which does not perform an overflow check before calling the calloc() heap allocation function. This issue only impacts systems with heap allocators that do not perform their own overflow checks. Most modern systems do and are therefore not likely to be affected. Furthermore, by default redis-sentinel uses the jemalloc allocator which is also not vulnerable. The problem is fixed in Redis versions 6.2.6, 6.0.16 and 5.0.14.
Do I need to act?
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0.70% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (11)
Affected Vendors
References (18)
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-833w-8v3m-8wwr
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-17
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0003/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5001
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-833w-8v3m-8wwr
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-17
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0003/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5001
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
22/34 · High
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
16/34 · Moderate