Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting gmp-devel package, versions <1:6.2.0-13.el9


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.46% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-GMPDEVEL-12332337
  • published1 Sept 2025
  • disclosed15 Nov 2021

Introduced: 15 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-43618  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 gmp-devel to version 1:6.2.0-13.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6661.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gmp-devel package and not the gmp-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library (GMP) through 6.2.1 has an mpz/inp_raw.c integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow via crafted input, leading to a segmentation fault on 32-bit platforms.

CVSS Base Scores

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