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CVE-2021-44847

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow in handle_request function in DHT.c in toxcore 0.1.9 through 0.1.11 and 0.2.0 through 0.2.12 (caused by an improper length calculation during the handling of received network packets) allows remote attackers to crash the process or potentially execute arbitrary code via a network packet.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published12/13/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

fedoraproject:fedoratoktok:toxcore

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-682

References

https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/pull/1718(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S7EBS3NIRYJ7V3PTNINP3PJSVUHGZTGA/(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZLTKINSPO5T65LB3ZASDPCREKUE22RYE/(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/pull/1718(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S7EBS3NIRYJ7V3PTNINP3PJSVUHGZTGA/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZLTKINSPO5T65LB3ZASDPCREKUE22RYE/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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