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CVE record · CVE-2021-3999

Off-by-one error in glibc

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0081 · 57th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 24 Aug 2022, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Not given glibc
  • affected Fixed in glibc v2.31 and above.
Identifiers
CVE-2021-3999
CNA
redhat
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-193
Tags
Published
24 Aug 2022
Updated
14 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0081, the 57th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 24 Aug 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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