CVE-2021-21401
Invalid free() call in Nanopb
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
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/nanopb/nanopb/security/advisories/GHSA-7mv5-5mxh-qg88
- github.comhttps://github.com/nanopb/nanopb/issues/647
- github.comhttps://github.com/nanopb/nanopb/commit/e2f0ccf939d9f82931d085acb6df8e9a182a4261
- github.comhttps://github.com/nanopb/nanopb/blob/c9124132a604047d0ef97a09c0e99cd9bed2c818/CHANGELOG.txt#L1
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~esm1Available 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.