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CVE-2021-46168

Published: 14 January 2022

Spin v6.5.1 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds write in lex() at spinlex.c.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
fix is incomplete, it bumps up the array size but still does
not apply a limit

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
spin
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
jammy Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/nimble-code/Spin/commit/62cf91c944ea457c218528e9021443a0cbe05758

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H