CVE-2021-44538
Published: 14 December 2021
The olm_session_describe function in Matrix libolm before 3.2.7 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. The Olm session object represents a cryptographic channel between two parties. Therefore, its state is partially controllable by the remote party of the channel. Attackers can construct a crafted sequence of messages to manipulate the state of the receiver's session in such a way that, for some buffer sizes, a buffer overflow happens on a call to olm_session_describe. Furthermore, safe buffer sizes were undocumented. The overflow content is partially controllable by the attacker and limited to ASCII spaces and digits. The known affected products are Element Web And SchildiChat Web.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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node-matrix-js-sdk Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
focal |
Needs triage
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| impish |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
| kinetic |
Needs triage
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(out of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(out of standard support)
|
|
|
olm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
| focal |
Needs triage
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| impish |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
| kinetic |
Needs triage
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(out of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(out of standard support)
|
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
|
| focal |
Released
(1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| impish |
Released
(1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1)
|
|
| jammy |
Released
(1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| kinetic |
Released
(1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(out of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(91.4.1)
|
|
| xenial |
Needs triage
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44538
- https://matrix.org/blog/2021/12/13/disclosure-buffer-overflow-in-libolm-and-matrix-js-sdk/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-55/#CVE-2021-44538
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5246-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5248-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian