CVE-2021-36977
Matio Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.20 and 1.5.21 has a heap-based buffer overflow in H5MM_memcpy (called from H5MM_malloc and H5C_load_entry), related to use of HDF5 1.12.0.
INFO
Published Date :
July 20, 2021, 7:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 29, 2022, 3:06 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-36977.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=31265 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/272 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/matio/OSV-2021-440.yaml | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/commit/37b781ace1b4228fc36483bb7e30c72ea9d4c3d6 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz/issues/4999 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2021-36977 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 29, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz/issues/4999 No Types Assigned https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz/issues/4999 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/commit/37b781ace1b4228fc36483bb7e30c72ea9d4c3d6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/commit/37b781ace1b4228fc36483bb7e30c72ea9d4c3d6 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/272 No Types Assigned https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/272 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 17, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.20 and 1.5.21 has a heap-based buffer overflow in H5MM_memcpy (called from H5MM_malloc and H5C_load_entry). matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.20 and 1.5.21 has a heap-based buffer overflow in H5MM_memcpy (called from H5MM_malloc and H5C_load_entry), related to use of HDF5 1.12.0. Added Reference https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/272 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz/issues/4999 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/commit/37b781ace1b4228fc36483bb7e30c72ea9d4c3d6 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 27, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=31265 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=31265 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/matio/OSV-2021-440.yaml No Types Assigned https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/matio/OSV-2021-440.yaml Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-787 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:matio_project:matio:1.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matio_project:matio:1.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-36977 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-36977
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.14 }} 0.01%
score
0.49079
percentile