CVE-2021-44847
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44847
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-44847.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-44847
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2021-12-13T01:15:07.730Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-20T11:56:27.795871Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A stack-based buffer overflow in handle_request function in DHT.c in toxcore 0.1.9 through 0.1.11 and 0.2.0 through 0.2.12 (caused by an improper length calculation during the handling of received network packets) allows remote attackers to crash the process or potentially execute arbitrary code via a network packet.
- References
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- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S7EBS3NIRYJ7V3PTNINP3PJSVUHGZTGA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZLTKINSPO5T65LB3ZASDPCREKUE22RYE/
- https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/pull/1718