A flaw was found in libmicrohttpd. A missing bounds check in the post_process_urlencoded function leads to a buffer overflow, allowing a remote attacker to write arbitrary data in an application that uses libmicrohttpd. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. Only version 0.9.70 is vulnerable.
CVE-2021-3466 - Critical Severity Vulnerability
Gnu Distributions
Library home page: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libmicrohttpd?wsslib=libmicrohttpd
Found in base branch: main
A flaw was found in libmicrohttpd. A missing bounds check in the post_process_urlencoded function leads to a buffer overflow, allowing a remote attacker to write arbitrary data in an application that uses libmicrohttpd. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. Only version 0.9.70 is vulnerable.
Publish Date: 2021-03-25
URL: CVE-2021-3466
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: High
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Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3466
Release Date: 2021-03-25
Fix Resolution: 0.9.71