Vulnerability · Published May 10, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-32471
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 41.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
Insufficient input validation in the Marvin Minsky 1967 implementation of the Universal Turing Machine allows program users to execute arbitrary code via crafted data. For example, a tape head may have an unexpected location after the processing of input composed of As and Bs (instead of 0s and 1s). NOTE: the discoverer states "this vulnerability has no real-world implications."
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.02124 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/intrinsic-propensity/turing-machine x_refsource_MISC