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HistoryMar 05, 2021 - 9:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-3420

2021-03-0521:15:13
Google
osv.dev
9
newlib
integer overflow
memory allocation
buffer overflow

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

78.7%

A flaw was found in newlib in versions prior to 4.0.0. Improper overflow validation in the memory allocation functions mEMALIGn, pvALLOc, nano_memalign, nano_valloc, nano_pvalloc could case an integer overflow, leading to an allocation of a small buffer and then to a heap-based buffer overflow.

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

78.7%