CVE-2021-43315 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-43315

A heap-based buffer overflows was discovered in upx, during the...

Vulnerability Description

A heap-based buffer overflows was discovered in upx, during the generic pointer 'p' points to an inaccessible address in func get_le32(). The problem is essentially caused in PackLinuxElf32::elf_lookup() at p_lx_elf.cpp:5349

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

upx
Vulnerable Versions:
upx before 4.0.0-git-c6b9e3c62d15

Timeline

Official Publish: March 24th, 2023
Last Modified: February 25th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)