CVE-2021-27218

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.7 and 2.67.x before 2.67.4. If g_byte_array_new_take() was called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform, the length would be truncated modulo 2**32, causing unintended length truncation.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-27218
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-02-15T17:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-12-07T17:08:38
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-681 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/681.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.66.7
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.67.0 2.67.4
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/1942 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/1944 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00006.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2REA7RVKN7ZHRLJOEGBRQKJIPZQPAELZ/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJMPNDO4GDVURYQFYKFOWY5HAF4FTEPN/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-13 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210319-0004/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27218
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-27218
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:05:29 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 22:08:00 2021-02-15T17:15Z 2021-02-15T17:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 22:08:00 2022-06-06T17:15:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 22:08:00 Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-05 22:08:04 References updated
2022-12-07 17:11:45 2022-12-07T17:08:38 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-07 17:11:45 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated