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CVE-2021-4022

5.5 · MEDIUM

A vulnerability was found in rizin.

Published Aug 25, 2022CWE-400EPSS 0.30%

Overview

CVE-2021-4022 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 25, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

A vulnerability was found in rizin. The bug involves an ELF64 binary for the HPPA architecture. When a specially crafted binarygets analysed by rizin, it causes rizin to crash by freeing an uninitialized (and potentially user controlled, depending on the build) memory address.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-4022?

CVE-2021-4022 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 25, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2021-4022?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2021-4022?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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