CVE-2021-20266

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in RPM's hdrblobInit() in lib/header.c. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify the rpmdb to cause an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	rpm	rpm 4.17.0

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1927741Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGXO3W6DHPO62GJ4VVF5DEUX5DRUR5K/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VHRPNBCRPDJHHQE3MBPSZK4H7X2IM7AC/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-43Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1927741Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGXO3W6DHPO62GJ4VVF5DEUX5DRUR5K/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VHRPNBCRPDJHHQE3MBPSZK4H7X2IM7AC/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-43Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 30, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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