CVE-2021-4464
Published: 12 November 2025
Summary
CVE-2021-4464 is a critical-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Github (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 26.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-34714
Vulnerability details
FiberHome AN5506-04-FA firmware versions up to and including RP2631 and HG6245D prior to RP2602 contain a stack-based buffer overflow, as the HTTP service ('webs') fails to enforce maximum lengths for Cookie header values. When a cookie longer than 511 bytes…
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is processed, a stack buffer is overrun, leading to a crash or potential control of execution flow.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.