Mend.io Vulnerability Database

What is a CVE vulnerability ID? icon What is a WS vulnerability ID? icon What is an MSC vulnerability ID? icon
New vulnerability? Tell us about it!
icon

We found results for “”

CVE-2021-4217

Date: August 24, 2022

A flaw was found in unzip. The vulnerability occurs due to improper handling of Unicode strings, which can lead to a null pointer dereference. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted zip file, leading to a crash or code execution.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4217
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-4217
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1957077
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4217
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4217
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044583
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-4217

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

Do you need more information?

Contact Us