Code Injection in NVCaffe - CVE-2021-39158
Published: August 27, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU56136
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39158
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected system does not contaion the gfortran package in the repository pypi.org. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted content and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
NVCaffe
How to mitigate CVE-2021-39158
Install updates from vendor's website.
NVCaffe - update to 0.17.4