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
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
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-763 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
nanopbnanopb |
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References
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