CVE-2021-33574

Public on 2021-05-25
Modified on 2024-01-17
Description
The mq_notify function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) has a use-after-free. It may use the notification thread attributes object (passed through its struct sigevent parameter) after it has been freed by the caller, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.9
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 glibc No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Core glibc 2022-01-18 ALAS2-2022-1736 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core glibc 2023-11-29 ALAS2-2023-2371 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 glibc Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H