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CVE-2021-31873

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 2.15% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-04-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2021-31873
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
2.15%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in klibc before 2.0.9. Additions in the malloc() function may result in an integer overflow and a subsequent heap buffer overflow.

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