CVE-2021-45931
Published: 01 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-45931 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 26.0% 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-2021-32640
Vulnerability details
HarfBuzz 2.9.0 has an out-of-bounds write in hb_bit_set_invertible_t::set (called from hb_sparseset_t<hb_bit_set_invertible_t>::set and hb_set_copy).
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.