Out-of-bounds Read Affecting uriparser-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.05% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-URIPARSERDEVEL-1378850
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Dec 2018

Introduced: 8 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20721  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 uriparser-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream uriparser-devel package and not the uriparser-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

URI_FUNC() in UriParse.c in uriparser before 0.9.1 has an out-of-bounds read (in uriParseEx functions) for an incomplete URI with an IPv6 address containing an embedded IPv4 address, such as a "//[::44.1" address.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1