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01 Record

CVE-2021-24036

Passing an attacker controlled size when creating an IOBuf could cause integer overflow, leading to an out of bounds write on the heap with the possibility of remote code execution. This issue affects

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: facebook
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Passing an attacker controlled size when creating an IOBuf could cause integer overflow, leading to an out of bounds write on the heap with the possibility of remote code execution. This issue affects

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
3.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 88.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
2021-07-23 00:30Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 19:21Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-01-13
Assigning CNA
facebook
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
  • CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
39d558f64f2d673e4b3e47f56e3b70697879c256bdcf7733c3b9b97f3748bd12

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Facebookfolly< v2021.07.22.00—
FacebookHHVM4.118.0 to < unspecified, 4.117.0, 4.116.0, 4.115.0, 4.114.0, 4.113.0, 4.102.0 to < unspecified, 4.81.0 to < unspecified, < 4.80.5—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • hhvm
    No fix yet

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • hhvm
    No fix yet

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

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