Vulnerability · Published Jan 29, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-3345

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 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

_gcry_md_block_write in cipher/hash-common.c in Libgcrypt version 1.9.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow when the digest final function sets a large count value. It is recommended to upgrade to 1.9.1 or later.

Affected products (as reported)

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