CVE-2021-3756 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in hoene/libmysofa

Medium 6.2 Published Updated

A heap-based buffer overflow in libmysofa allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted input.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-3756?

CVE-2021-3756 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 29 Oct 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libmysofa is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-122

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-3756?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Symonics Libmysofa.

How do I fix CVE-2021-3756?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-3756 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3756 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3756, GHSA-ph84-4hmc-hhqm, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2021-3756, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3756, USN-5184-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:11673-1.

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