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MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2021-40403
Gerbv Pick-and-Place Rotation Parsing Information Disclosure
Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the pick-and-place rotation parsing functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd), and Gerbv forked 2.8.0. A specially-crafted pick-and-place file can exploit the missing initialization of a structure to leak memory contents. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 4, 2022, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:24 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-40403 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Gerbv_project gerbv
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
A memory leak vulnerability exists in Gerbv. Updating to a patched version of Gerbv will resolve this issue.
  • Update the gerbv package.
  • If using Debian 11 (bullseye), update to version 2.7.0-2+deb11u2 or later.
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-2021-40403.

URL Resource
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PTGBC37N2FV7NKOWFVCFMPAFYEPHSB7C/
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1417 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PTGBC37N2FV7NKOWFVCFMPAFYEPHSB7C/
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1417 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-40403 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-40403 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-40403 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-40403 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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PTGBC37N2FV7NKOWFVCFMPAFYEPHSB7C/
    Added Reference https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1417
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Talos https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PTGBC37N2FV7NKOWFVCFMPAFYEPHSB7C/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Talos https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PTGBC37N2FV7NKOWFVCFMPAFYEPHSB7C/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306 [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 09, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PTGBC37N2FV7NKOWFVCFMPAFYEPHSB7C/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PTGBC37N2FV7NKOWFVCFMPAFYEPHSB7C/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 07, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PTGBC37N2FV7NKOWFVCFMPAFYEPHSB7C/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Talos CWE-456
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Talos AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2022

    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:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1417 No Types Assigned https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1417 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-909
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gerbv_project:gerbv:2.7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gerbv_project:gerbv:2.8.0:forked_dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.3
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.13 }} 0.01%

score

0.33044

percentile