CVE-2021-3470

redis: potential heap overflow when using a heap allocator other than jemalloc or glibc's malloc

Published Mar 31, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A heap overflow issue was found in Redis in versions before 5.0.10, before 6.0.9 and before 6.2.0 when using a heap allocator other than jemalloc or glibc's malloc, leading to potential out of bound write or process crash. Effectively this flaw does not affect the vast majority of users, who use jemalloc or glibc malloc.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-26792 A heap overflow issue was found in Redis in versions before 5.0.10, before 6.0.9 and before 6.2.0 when using a heap allocator other than jemalloc or glibc's malloc, leading to potential out of bound write or process crash. Effectively this flaw does not affect the vast majority of users, who use jemalloc or glibc malloc.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 4:53 PM
Reserved
Mar 26, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 31, 2021, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:05 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 26, 2020, 12:00 AM