Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2021-3700

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity use-after-free in usbredir. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in usbredir in versions prior to 0.11.0 in the usbredirparser_serialize() in usbredirparser/usbredirparser.c. This issue occurs when serializing large amounts of buffered write data in the case of a slow or blocked destination.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20usbredir0.12.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-3700
Alpine:v3.21usbredir0.12.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-3700
Alpine:v3.22usbredir0.12.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-3700
Alpine:v3.23usbredir0.12.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-3700
Alpine:v3.24usbredir0.12.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-3700
Debian:12usbredir0.11.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3700
Debian:13usbredir0.11.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3700
Debian:14usbredir0.11.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3700

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a usbredir usbredir 0.11.0

Weakness: CWE-416

References