IM
IronMonkey Threat Research

CVE-2021-3520 CRITICAL

Published: 2021-06-02 | Last Modified: 2026-10-08 | Status: Modified

Description

There's a flaw in lz4. An attacker who submits a crafted file to an application linked with lz4 may be able to trigger an integer overflow, leading to calling of memmove() on a negative size argument, causing an out-of-bounds write and/or a crash. The greatest impact of this flaw is to availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity as well.

Additional Descriptions (1)

Se presenta un fallo en lz4. Un atacante que envíe un archivo diseñado hacia una aplicación enlazada con lz4 puede ser capaz de desencadenar un desbordamiento de enteros, conllevando una llamada de la función memmove() con un argumento de tamaño negativo, causando una escritura fuera de límites y/o un bloqueo. El mayor impacto de este fallo es en la disponibilidad, con algún impacto potencial en la confidencialidad e integridad también

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
Integrity ImpactHIGH
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Impact Score: 5.9

Base Score: 7.5 (HIGH)

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access VectorNETWORK
Access ComplexityLOW
AuthenticationNONE
Confidentiality ImpactPARTIAL
Integrity ImpactPARTIAL
Availability ImpactPARTIAL

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 10.0

Impact Score: 6.4

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Secondary
en CWE-190
[email protected] Secondary
en CWE-190
en CWE-787

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
lz4_project lz4 * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd34b9c3100> Application
netapp active_iq_unified_manager - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd31b20fbc0> Application
netapp cloud_backup - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd38418e6c0> Application
netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd385055ec0> Application
oracle communications_cloud_native_core_policy 1.14.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd34b9c0780> Application
oracle zfs_storage_appliance_kit 8.8 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd385056900> Application
splunk universal_forwarder * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd385054e00> Application
splunk universal_forwarder * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd385055ac0> Application
splunk universal_forwarder 9.1.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd385055980> Application

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:lz4_project:lz4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_policy:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References