VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-21813

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-08-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Within the function HandleFileArg the argument filepattern is under control of the user who passes it in from the command line. filepattern is passed directly to memcpy copying the path provided by the user into a staticly sized buffer without any length checks resulting in a stack-buffer overflow.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references