Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2021· Updated Oct 17, 2024
CVE-2021-20204
CVE-2021-20204
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
5- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/43JTGEMYMCTHD3LHFD7ENBNSWCNBCYEY/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GB7T7DW7XRPJOUE25ZE7GF244FPCHBWY/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OE23HBLIVKVPOQ5MVADWPOCFMREVF4QZ/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00015.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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