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01 Record

CVE-2021-21401

Invalid free() call in Nanopb

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

02 Description

Invalid free() call in Nanopb

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 78.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-03-23 17:45Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 18:09Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-12-22
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.1)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-763Release of Invalid Pointer or ReferenceBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
35e17ab8a9a4526c9176a017e2bc4f3c24b4860df988b8811f7dbdbac3d5caae

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
nanopbnanopb>= 0.3.2, <= 0.3.9.7, >= 0.4.0, <= 0.4.4—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • nanopb
    Fixed in 0.4.4-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • nanopb
    Fixed in 0.4.4-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • nanopb
    Fixed in 0.4.4-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS

  • nanopb
    Fixed in 0.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.