CVE detail

CVE-2021-20235 — CVE-2021-20235

Published 2021-04-01 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor zeromq · Product libzmq · Source nvd
HIGH
severity
CVSS-derived band
8.1
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.4386
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
99.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

There's a flaw in the zeromq server in versions before 4.3.3 in src/decoder_allocators.hpp. The decoder static allocator could have its sized changed, but the buffer would remain the same as it is a static buffer. A remote, unauthenticated attacker who sends a crafted request to the zeromq server could trigger a buffer overflow WRITE of arbitrary data if CURVE/ZAP authentication is not enabled. The greatest impact of this flaw is to application availability, data integrity, and confidentiality.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

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