SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-43312

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in upx, during the variable 'bucket' points to an inaccessible address.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.82%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in upx, during the variable 'bucket' points to an inaccessible address. The issue is being triggered in the function PackLinuxElf64::invert_pt_dynamic at p_lx_elf.cpp:5239.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.82% probability · 55th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-787
Affected
upx/upx
Source
patrick@puiterwijk.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.