Out-of-bounds read in Redis - CVE-2021-32672

 

Out-of-bounds read in Redis - CVE-2021-32672

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU57035
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32672
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition, related to Lua Debugger. A remote attacker can read random data from heap.


Affected software

Redis
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications
openEuler
Fedora
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring
redis (Debian package)
redis-server (Ubuntu package)
redis-tools (Ubuntu package)
redis (Ubuntu package)
redis
redis-debuginfo
redis-debugsource
redis6-doc
redis6-debugsource
redis6-debuginfo
redis6
redis6-devel
dev-db/redis
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

How to mitigate CVE-2021-32672

Install updates from vendor's website.

Redis - addressed in versions 5.0.14, 6.0.16, 6.2.6
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes - addressed in versions 2.1.12, 2.3.3
redis (Debian package) - addressed in versions 5:5.0.14-1+deb10u1, 5:6.0.16-1+deb11u1
redis-server (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:2.8.4-2ubuntu0.2+esm2, 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm1
redis-tools (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:2.8.4-2ubuntu0.2+esm2, 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm1, 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2+esm3, 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
redis (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2+esm3, 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
redis - update to 4.0.11-16
redis-debuginfo - update to 4.0.11-16
redis-debugsource - update to 4.0.11-16
redis - update to 6.0.14-6.8.1
redis-debuginfo - update to 6.0.14-6.8.1
redis-debugsource - 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
redis6-doc - update to 6.2.7-1
redis6-debugsource - update to 6.2.7-1
redis6-debuginfo - update to 6.2.7-1
redis6 - update to 6.2.7-1
redis6-devel - update to 6.2.7-1
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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