Out-of-bounds Write Affecting upx-ucl package, versions <4.2.2-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-UPXUCL-6183050
  • published21 Jan 2024
  • disclosed24 Mar 2023

Introduced: 24 Mar 2023

CVE-2021-43315  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 upx-ucl to version 4.2.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream upx-ucl package and not the upx-ucl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-based buffer overflows was discovered in upx, during the generic pointer 'p' points to an inaccessible address in func get_le32(). The problem is essentially caused in PackLinuxElf32::elf_lookup() at p_lx_elf.cpp:5349

CVSS Scores

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