CVE-2021-41253
Possible heap buffer overflow when using zycore string functions in formatter hooks
02 Description
Possible heap buffer overflow when using zycore string functions in formatter hooks
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
- 1.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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
- 2021-11-08 21:45Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 03:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-09-15
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 859796611cd7004932b15fc8ccc46612323ca0e7a6e517d842d86e0270c38e9b
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/zyantific/zydis/security/advisories/GHSA-q42v-hv86-3m4g
- github.comhttps://github.com/zyantific/zydis/commit/55dd08c210722aed81b38132f5fd4a04ec1943b5
- huntr.devhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/96b0a482-7041-45b1-9327-c6a4a8f32d3a
- huntr.devhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/d2536d7d-36ce-4723-928c-98d1ee039784
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- zydis Fixed in 3.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- zydis Fixed in 3.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- zydis Fixed in 3.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. 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.