CVE-2021-43849

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio is a plugin provides a single and simple interface for accessing fingerprint APIs on both Android 6+ and iOS. In versions prior to 5.0.1 The exported activity `de.niklasmerz.cordova.biometric.BiometricActivity` can cause the app to crash. This vulnerability occurred because the activity didn't handle the case where it is requested with invalid or empty data which results in a crash. Any third party app can constantly call this activity with no permission. A 3rd party app/attacker using event listener can continually stop the app from working and make the victim unable to open it. Version 5.0.1 of the cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio doesn't export the activity anymore and is no longer vulnerable. If you want to fix older versions change the attribute android:exported in plugin.xml to false. Please upgrade to version 5.0.1 as soon as possible.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-43849
  • Assigner
  • security-advisories@github.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-12-23T17:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-01-11T17:39:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-617 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/617.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:cordova_plugin_fingerprint_all-in-one_project:cordova_plugin_fingerprint_all-in-one:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*:* 1 OR 5.0.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR 6.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/security/advisories/GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8 Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/commit/27434a240f97f69fd930088654590c8ba43569df Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/releases/tag/v5.0.1 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43849
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43849
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:37:50 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 04:44:52 2021-12-23T17:15Z 2021-12-23T17:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 04:44:52 2022-01-11T17:39:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 04:44:52 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated