Vulnerability in Gerbv Project
CVE-2021-40403
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the pick-and-place rotation parsing functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd), and Gerbv forked 2.8.0. A specially-crafted pick-and-place file can exploit the missing initialization of a structure to leak memory contents. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (64.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gerbv Project — versions 2.7.0, 2.8.0
- Debian Linux — versions 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 36
- Gerbv — versions Gerbv 2.7.0 ,Gerbv forked 2.8.0 ,Gerbv dev (commit b5f1eacd)
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1417 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-40403?
- CVE-2021-40403 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gerbv Project, classified under CWE-456. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2022-02-04.
- How severe is CVE-2021-40403?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.