CVE-2021-20266

MEDIUM

Rpm < 4.16.1.3 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in RPM's hdrblobInit() in lib/header.c. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify the rpmdb to cause an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1927741
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-43

Scores

CVSS v3 4.9
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 19.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
rpm/rpm < 4.16.1.3
Published Apr 30, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026