CVE-2021-33655 (GCVE-0-2021-33655)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-18 14:45 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
When sending malicous data to kernel by ioctl cmd FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO,kernel will write memory out of bounds.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
4 references
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/19/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5191 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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