CVE-2021-30500

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30500
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-30500.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-30500
Downstream
Related
Published
2021-05-27T00:15:08Z
Modified
2025-07-29T09:52:50.782050Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Null pointer dereference was found in upx PackLinuxElf::canUnpack() in plxelf.cpp,in version UPX 4.0.0. That allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / upx-ucl

Package

Name
upx-ucl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/upx-ucl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.96-2
3.96-2+deb11u1
3.96-3

4.*

4.2.2-1
4.2.2-2
4.2.2-3~bpo12+1
4.2.2-3
4.2.4-1
4.2.4-1.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / upx-ucl

Package

Name
upx-ucl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/upx-ucl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Git / github.com/upx/upx

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/upx/upx
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed