CVE-2021-21401CWE-763

Invalid free() call in Nanopb

High · published March 23, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
2%
Percentile
78.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Nanopb is a small code-size Protocol Buffers implementation in ansi C. In Nanopb before versions 0.3.9.8 and 0.4.5, decoding a specifically formed message can cause invalid `free()` or `realloc()` calls if the message type contains an `oneof` field, and the `oneof` directly contains both a pointer field and a non-pointer field. If the message data first contains the non-pointer field and then the pointer field, the data of the non-pointer field is incorrectly treated as if it was a pointer value. Such message data rarely occurs in normal messages, but it is a concern when untrusted data is parsed. This has been fixed in versions 0.3.9.8 and 0.4.5. See referenced GitHub Security Advisory for more information including workarounds.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01811 · 78.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-763 · Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference
Published
2021-03-23T17:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 MAR 17:45Z
    Invalid free() call in Nanopb
    cvelistv5