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CVE-2021-4048

Published: Dec 8, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-125
9.1CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.6%
Top 16.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the CLARRV, DLARRV, SLARRV, and ZLARRV functions in lapack through version 3.10.0, as also used in OpenBLAS before version 0.3.18. Specially crafted inputs passed to these functions could cause an application using lapack to crash or possibly disclose portions of its memory.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected Products

redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
ceph storageOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openshift container storageOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openshift data foundationOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
LAPACKLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
OpenBLASLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
lapack project
oss-projectaka lapack
lapackOn-prem
OSS Libraries / generic-library
openblas project
oss-projectaka openblas
openblasLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
julialang
oss-projectaka julia
juliaLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack/pull/625
github.com
https://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack/commit/38f3eeee3108b18158409ca2a100e6fe03754781
github.com
https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/42415
github.com
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