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CVE-2021-36159

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 EPSS 2.64% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-08-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.1. 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-2021-36159
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.1
EPSS
2.64%

Original NVD Description

libfetch before 2021-07-26, as used in apk-tools, xbps, and other products, mishandles numeric strings for the FTP and HTTP protocols. The FTP passive mode implementation allows an out-of-bounds read because strtol is used to parse the relevant numbers into address bytes. It does not check if the line ends prematurely. If it does, the for-loop condition checks for the '\0' terminator one byte too late.

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