Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-4217 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
LOW Summary
A flaw was found in unzip. The vulnerability occurs due to improper handling of Unicode strings, which can lead to a null pointer dereference. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted zip file, leading to a crash or code execution.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
---|---|---|
Application | 1 | |
OS | 1 | |
OS | 4 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4217
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4217
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1957077
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1957077
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044583
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044583