What is CVE-2021-44590?

CVE-2021-44590 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2021-44590?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Libming

CVE-2021-44590

In libming 0.4.8, a memory exhaustion vulnerability exist in the function cws2fws in util/main.c. Remote attackers could launch denial of service attacks by submitting a crafted SWF file that exploits this vulnerability.

EPSS: 0.012 (66.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libming — versions 0.4.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44590?: CVE-2021-44590 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2021-44590?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.