CVE-2021-30473

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Published May 6, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

aom_image.c in libaom in AOMedia before 2021-04-07 frees memory that is not located on the heap.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:aomedia:aomedia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3556-1	aom security update
Debian DSA	DSA-5490-1	aom security update
Ubuntu USN	USN-6447-1	AOM vulnerabilities

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.1% (2.050% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/+/4efe20e99dcd9b6f8eadc8de8acc825be7416578
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/aomedia/issues/detail?id=2998
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00003.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXCI33HXH6YSOGC2LPE2REQLMIDH6US4/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-32
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5490

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Aomedia Aomedia

Fedoraproject Fedora

Weaknesses

CWE-763

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:32 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 6, 2021, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:32 PM
Reserved: Apr 8, 2021, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:50 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 6, 2021, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:50 AM

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