What is CVE-2021-38614?

CVE-2021-38614 is a high-severity vulnerability in Polipo Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-38614?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-38614 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Polipo Project

CVE-2021-38614

Polipo through 1.1.1, when NDEBUG is used, allows a heap-based buffer overflow during parsing of a Range header. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (64.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Polipo_project Polipo
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38614?: CVE-2021-38614 is a high-severity vulnerability in Polipo Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-38614?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-38614 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.