Security Advisory

CVE-2021-20204

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2021-05-06 14:50:52
Last updated 2024-10-17 18:02:57
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

A heap memory corruption problem (use after free) can be triggered in libgetdata v0.10.0 when processing maliciously crafted dirfile databases. This degrades the confidentiality, integrity and availability of third-party software that uses libgetdata as a library. This vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation depending on input/skills of attacker.