Use After Free Affecting mariadb:10.5/mariadb-server-utils package, versions <3:10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.4% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-MARIADB-13490331
  • published8 Oct 2025
  • disclosed10 May 2021

Introduced: 10 May 2021

CVE-2021-46669  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 mariadb:10.5/mariadb-server-utils to version 3:10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6821.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mariadb:10.5/mariadb-server-utils package and not the mariadb:10.5/mariadb-server-utils package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

MariaDB through 10.5.9 allows attackers to trigger a convert_const_to_int use-after-free when the BIGINT data type is used.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1