Vulnerability · Published Aug 4, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-37231
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the atomicparsley package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in src/util.cpp while parsing a crafted mp4 file because of the missing boundary check.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | atomicparsley | 20210715.151551.e7ad03a-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37231 |
| Debian:13 | atomicparsley | 20210715.151551.e7ad03a-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37231 |
| Debian:14 | atomicparsley | 20210715.151551.e7ad03a-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37231 |
| Debian:12 | gtkpod | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37231 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | atomicparsley | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37231 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | atomicparsley | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37231 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | atomicparsley | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37231 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | atomicparsley | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37231 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | atomicparsley | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37231 |