CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-30500

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: May 27, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Null pointer dereference was found in upx PackLinuxElf::canUnpack() in p_lx_elf.cpp,in version UPX 4.0.0. That allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Upx Upx_project 4.0.0 (including) 4.0.0 (including)
Upx-ucl Ubuntu bionic *
Upx-ucl Ubuntu groovy *
Upx-ucl Ubuntu hirsute *
Upx-ucl Ubuntu impish *
Upx-ucl Ubuntu kinetic *
Upx-ucl Ubuntu lunar *
Upx-ucl Ubuntu mantic *
Upx-ucl Ubuntu trusty *
Upx-ucl Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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