CVE-2021-20285
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2021-20285 |
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2021-03-26 17:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-08-05 17:44:00 UTC |
| Description | A flaw was found in upx canPack in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.96. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV or buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impacts via a crafted ELF. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. |
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|
| Application |
Upx Project |
Upx |
3.96 |
All |
All |
All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|
| 1937787 – (CVE-2021-20285) CVE-2021-20285 upx: Illegal memory access in canPack function in p_lx_elf.cpp |
MISC |
bugzilla.redhat.com |
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| canPack@p_lx_elf.cpp:2571 BufferOverflow (both latest release version and devel version) · Issue #421 · upx/upx · GitHub |
MISC |
github.com |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 281483 Fedora Security Update for upx (FEDORA-2021-acfb7be76e)
- 281484 Fedora Security Update for upx (FEDORA-2021-4b43992608)
- 281485 Fedora Security Update for upx (FEDORA-2021-dff7e97510)
- 501701 Alpine Linux Security Update for upx