7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2021-42614
Halibut Use After Free Vulnerability
Description

A use after free in info_width_internal in bk_info.c in Halibut 1.2 allows an attacker to cause a segmentation fault or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted text document.

INFO

Published Date :

May 24, 2022, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:27 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-42614 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 Halibut_project halibut
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 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2021-42614 vulnerability.
There is no known solution at this time.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-42614 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-42614 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-2021-42614 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).

Symbolic Execution Over Processor Traces

Makefile C Assembly C++ Shell Perl Awk Python GDB Yacc

Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago
122 stars 19 fork 19 watcher
Born at : Feb. 8, 2021, 4:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

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

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-42614 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-42614 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://carteryagemann.com/halibut-case-study.html#poc-halibut-info-uaf
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CC7UZ7NRXDA7YSCSGWE2CBQM7OZS3K2R/
  • 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 MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CC7UZ7NRXDA7YSCSGWE2CBQM7OZS3K2R/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CC7UZ7NRXDA7YSCSGWE2CBQM7OZS3K2R/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CC7UZ7NRXDA7YSCSGWE2CBQM7OZS3K2R/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CC7UZ7NRXDA7YSCSGWE2CBQM7OZS3K2R/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CC7UZ7NRXDA7YSCSGWE2CBQM7OZS3K2R/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 01, 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:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://carteryagemann.com/halibut-case-study.html#poc-halibut-info-uaf No Types Assigned https://carteryagemann.com/halibut-case-study.html#poc-halibut-info-uaf Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:halibut_project:halibut:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
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.

0.24 }} -0.05%

score

0.47479

percentile