Vulnerability in Openrc Project
CVE-2021-42341
checkpath in OpenRC before 0.44.7 uses the direct output of strlen() to allocate strings, which does not account for the '\0' byte at the end of the string. This results in memory corruption. CVE-2021-42341 was introduced in git commit 63db2d99e730547339d1bdd28e8437999c380cae, which was introduced as part of OpenRC 0.44.0 development.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (81.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- github.com/OpenRC/openrc/commit/bb8334104baf4d5a4a442a8647fb9204738f2204 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/459 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/OpenRC/openrc/pull/462 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/816900 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/OpenRC/openrc/commit/63db2d99e730547339d1bdd28e8437999c380cae (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/418 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-42341?
- CVE-2021-42341 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openrc Project. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-10-14.
- How severe is CVE-2021-42341?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.