CVE-2021-21401

HIGH

Nanopb <0.3.9.8-0.4.5 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

nomisec STUB
by uthrasri · poc
https://github.com/uthrasri/CVE-2021-21401_nanopb-c_AOSP10_R33

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 41.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-763
Status published
Products (2)
nanopb_project/nanopb < 0.3.9.8
pypi/nanopb 0.3.2 - 0.3.9.8PyPI
Published Mar 23, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026