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.
Published 2021-03-23 18:15:13
Updated 2021-03-29 14:50:22
Source GitHub, Inc.
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Products affected by CVE-2021-21401

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-21401

0.20%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 40 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-21401

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.5
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
8.0
4.9
NIST
7.1
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
2.8
4.2
NIST
7.1
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
2.8
4.2
GitHub, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2021-21401

  • The product attempts to return a memory resource to the system, but it calls the wrong release function or calls the appropriate release function incorrectly.
    Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Primary)

References for CVE-2021-21401

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