CVE-2021-3999
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Aug 24, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 22, 2021
Description
A flaw was found in glibc. An off-by-one buffer overflow and underflow in getcwd() may lead to memory corruption when the size of the buffer is exactly 1. A local attacker who can control the input buffer and size passed to getcwd() in a setuid program could use this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code and escalate their privileges on the system.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-193 Off-by-one Error
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
glibcn/a |
|
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28769
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=23e0e8f5f1fb5ed150253d986ecccdc90c2dcd5e
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024637
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3999
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3999
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221017 [SECURITY] [DLA 3152-1] glibc security updatemailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0001/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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