Integer overflow in Redis - CVE-2021-32762

 

Integer overflow in Redis - CVE-2021-32762

Published: October 4, 2021 / Updated: November 5, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU57030
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32762
CWE-ID: CWE-190
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 integer overflow when handling large multi-bulk replies on some older and less common platforms in redis-cli and redis-sentinel. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Redis
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications
openEuler
Fedora
Event Streams
redis (Debian package)
redis5-devel
redis5-debuginfo
redis5-debugsource
redis5
redis5-doc
redis6-doc
redis6-debuginfo
redis6
redis6-devel
redis6-debugsource
redis-debugsource
redis-debuginfo
redis
dev-db/redis
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

How to mitigate CVE-2021-32762

Install updates from vendor's website.

Redis - addressed in versions 5.0.14, 6.0.16, 6.2.6
Event Streams - addressed in versions 10.2.1, 10.5.0, 2019.4.5
redis (Debian package) - addressed in versions 5:5.0.14-1+deb10u1, 5:6.0.16-1+deb11u1
redis5-devel - update to 5.0.14-2
redis5-debuginfo - update to 5.0.14-2
redis5-debugsource - update to 5.0.14-2
redis5 - update to 5.0.14-2
redis5-doc - update to 5.0.14-2
redis6-doc - addressed in versions 6.0.11-6, 6.2.7-1
redis6-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.0.11-6, 6.2.7-1
redis6 - addressed in versions 6.0.11-6, 6.2.7-1
redis6-devel - addressed in versions 6.0.11-6, 6.2.7-1
redis6-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.0.11-6, 6.2.7-1
redis-debugsource - update to 6.0.14-6.8.1
redis-debuginfo - update to 6.0.14-6.8.1
redis - update to 6.0.14-6.8.1
redis - addressed in versions 6.0.16-1.fc33, 6.2.6-1.fc34, 6.2.6-1.fc35
redis-debugsource - update to 7.2.7-1
redis - update to 7.2.7-1
redis-debuginfo - update to 7.2.7-1
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.6, 23.0.7
dev-db/redis - update to 7.0.5

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