CVE-2021-21401

Invalid free() call in Nanopb

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Mar 23, 2021
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Dec 22, 2020

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Description

Nanopb is a small code-size Protocol Buffers implementation in ansi C. In Nanopb before versions 0.3.9.8 and 0.4.5, decoding a specifically formed message can cause invalid `free()` or `realloc()` calls if the message type contains an `oneof` field, and the `oneof` directly contains both a pointer field and a non-pointer field. If the message data first contains the non-pointer field and then the pointer field, the data of the non-pointer field is incorrectly treated as if it was a pointer value. Such message data rarely occurs in normal messages, but it is a concern when untrusted data is parsed. This has been fixed in versions 0.3.9.8 and 0.4.5. See referenced GitHub Security Advisory for more information including workarounds.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:LGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-763 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

Affected Products

ProductVersions
nanopbnanopb
  • >= 0.3.2, <= 0.3.9.7Affected
  • >= 0.4.0, <= 0.4.4Affected

References

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