Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-38714

HighPublic PoC

Published: 24 August 2021

Published
24 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0011 28.6th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-38714 is a high-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 28.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In Plib through 1.85, there is an integer overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability is found in ssgLoadTGA() function in src/ssg/ssgLoadTGA.cxx file.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

plib project
plib
≤ 1.8.5
debian
debian linux
9.0
fedoraproject
extra packages for enterprise linux
7.0
fedoraproject
fedora
34, 35, 36, 37

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References