CVE-2021-4217
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7054-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
2Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
Se ha encontrado un fallo en unzip. La vulnerabilidad es producida debido a un manejo inapropiado de las cadenas Unicode, que puede conllevar a una desreferencia de puntero null. Este fallo permite a un atacante introducir un archivo zip especialmente diseñado, lo que conlleva a un fallo o la ejecución de código
It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted zip file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause unzip to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that unzip did not properly perform bounds checking while converting wide strings to local strings. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted zip file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause unzip to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2022-01-27 CVE Reserved
- 2022-08-24 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-03 First Exploit
- 2025-04-02 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
References (3)
URL | Tag | Source |
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4217 | Third Party Advisory |
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1957077 | 2024-08-03 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044583 | 2024-08-03 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Unzip Project Search vendor "Unzip Project" | Unzip Search vendor "Unzip Project" for product "Unzip" | 6.0 Search vendor "Unzip Project" for product "Unzip" and version "6.0" | - |
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Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 35 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "35" | - |
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Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "6.0" | - |
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Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0" | - |
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Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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