Use-after-free in Glibc - CVE-2021-33574
Published: July 6, 2021 / Updated: September 28, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54560
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33574
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Glibc
Glibc
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the mq_notify() function in the GNU C Library. A remote attacker can force the library to use the notification thread attributes object (passed through its struct
sigevent parameter) after it has been freed by the caller, leading to a
denial of service or possibly remote code execution.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-33574
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.