What is CVE-2021-32289?

CVE-2021-32289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nokia Heif, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2021-32289?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-32289 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Nokia Heif

CVE-2021-32289

An issue was discovered in heif through through v3.6.2. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function convertByteStreamToRBSP() located in nalutil.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

EPSS: 0.006 (47.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Nokia Heif
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

seviezhou/Kraken

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-32289?: CVE-2021-32289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nokia Heif, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2021-32289?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-32289 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.