Vulnerability · Published Dec 31, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-45926
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the mdbtools package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
MDB Tools (aka mdbtools) 0.9.2 has a stack-based buffer overflow (at 0x7ffd0c689be0) in mdb_numeric_to_string (called from mdb_xfer_bound_data and _mdb_attempt_bind).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mdbtools | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45926 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | mdbtools | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45926 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | mdbtools | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45926 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | mdbtools | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45926 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | mdbtools | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45926 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/mdbtools/OSV-2021-958.yaml x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35972 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools/commit/373b7ff4c4daf887269c078407cb1338942c4ea6 x_refsource_MISC
- GLSA-202208-12 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO