CVE-2021-3578

HIGH

mbsync <1.3.6 and 1.4.2 - Code Execution via APPENDUID Heap Overflow

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in mbsync before v1.3.6 and v1.4.2, where an unchecked pointer cast allows a malicious or compromised server to write an arbitrary integer value past the end of a heap-allocated structure by issuing an unexpected APPENDUID response. This could be plausibly exploited for remote code execution on the client.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/07/1
Not Applicable x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967397
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/07/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-15

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0098
EPSS Percentile 57.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-704
Status published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
isync_project/isync 1.4.0
isync_project/isync 1.4.1
isync_project/isync < 1.3.6
Published Feb 16, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026