Vulnerability · Published Nov 10, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-41737

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the faust package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Faust 2.23.1, an input file with the lines "// r visualisation tCst" and "//process = +: L: abM-^Q;" and "process = route(3333333333333333333,2,1,2,3,1) : *;" leads to stack consumption.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12faustno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2021-41737
Debian:13faustno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2021-41737
Debian:14faustno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2021-41737
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSfaustno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-41737
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSfaustno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-41737
Ubuntu:25.10faustno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-41737
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSfaustno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-41737
Ubuntu:26.10faustno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-41737

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-674 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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