CVE-2021-30473

Description

aom_image.c in libaom in AOMedia before 2021-04-07 frees memory that is not located on the heap.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.25%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/aomedia/issues/detail?id=2998 third party advisory permissions required
https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/+/4efe20e99dcd9b6f8eadc8de8acc825be7416578 third party advisory patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXCI33HXH6YSOGC2LPE2REQLMIDH6US4/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00003.html mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5490 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-32 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-30473?
CVE-2021-30473 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-30473?
To fix CVE-2021-30473, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-30473 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-30473 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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