Vulnerability CVE-2021-33574


Published: 2021-05-25   Modified: 2021-05-26

Description:
The mq_notify function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.33 has a use-after-free. It may use the notification thread attributes object (passed through its struct sigevent parameter) after it has been freed by the caller, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact.

Type:

CWE-416

(Use After Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Glibc 

 References:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27896

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