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CVE-2021-3420
Published: Mar 5, 2021
Modified: Aug 3, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
A flaw was found in newlib in versions prior to 4.0.0. Improper overflow validation in the memory allocation functions mEMALIGn, pvALLOc, nano_memalign, nano_valloc, nano_pvalloc could case an integer overflow, leading to an allocation of a small buffer and then to a heap-based buffer overflow.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | newlib | affected newlib versions prior to 4.0.0 |
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1934088
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FEDORA-2021-332fb9c796
vendor-advisory
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FEDORA-2021-267c08cc40
vendor-advisory
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FEDORA-2021-0fa2f42d3c
vendor-advisory
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