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HistoryAug 24, 2022 - 4:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-4209

2022-08-2416:15:09
Google
osv.dev
10
gnutls
null pointer dereference
denial of service
nettle's hash update
undefined behavior
authentication

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

58.9%

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in GnuTLS. As Nettle’s hash update functions internally call memcpy, providing zero-length input may cause undefined behavior. This flaw leads to a denial of service after authentication in rare circumstances.

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

58.9%