CVE-2021-37311

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Published Feb 3, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fcitx5 5.0.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted message to the application's listening port.

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fcitx_5_project:fcitx_5:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23880	Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fcitx5 5.0.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted message to the application's listening port.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.937% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://fcitx-im.org
https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx5/pull/308

History

Mar 26, 2025 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Fcitx 5 Project Fcitx 5

Weaknesses

CWE-120

Sources

CVE record Updated: Mar 26, 2025, 6:30 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 3, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Mar 26, 2025, 6:30 PM
Reserved: Jul 21, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:16 AM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:16 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:00 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 3, 2023, 6:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:00 AM

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