CVE-2021-30501

Summary

CVECVE-2021-30501
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-27 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-25 19:23:00 UTC
DescriptionAn assertion abort was found in upx MemBuffer::alloc() in mem.cpp, in version UPX 4.0.0. The flow allows attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via a crafted file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Upx Project Upx 4.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1948696 – (CVE-2021-30501) CVE-2021-30501 upx: Assertion abort in function MemBuffer::alloc() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
MemBuffer assertions again in function MemBuffer::alloc() · Issue #486 · upx/upx · GitHub MISC github.com
Merge pull request #487 from chibataiki/devel · upx/upx@28e761c · GitHub MISC github.com
try fix issue 486 by chibataiki · Pull Request #487 · upx/upx · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 502959 Alpine Linux Security Update for upx
  • 505826 Alpine Linux Security Update for upx

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