CVE-2021-20236

critical

Description

A flaw was found in the ZeroMQ server in versions before 4.3.3. This flaw allows a malicious client to cause a stack buffer overflow on the server by sending crafted topic subscription requests and then unsubscribing. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

References

https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/security/advisories/GHSA-qq65-x72m-9wr8

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921976

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-05-28

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical