CVE-2021-44538

The olm_session_describe function in Matrix libolm before 3.2.7 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. The Olm session object represents a cryptographic channel between two parties. Therefore, its state is partially controllable by the remote party of the channel. Attackers can construct a crafted sequence of messages to manipulate the state of the receiver's session in such a way that, for some buffer sizes, a buffer overflow happens on a call to olm_session_describe. Furthermore, safe buffer sizes were undocumented. The overflow content is partially controllable by the attacker and limited to ASCII spaces and digits. The known affected products are Element Web And SchildiChat Web.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 79%
VendorProductVersion
matrixelement
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< 1.9.7
matrixelement
𝑥
< 1.9.7
matrixjavascript_sdk
2.4.2 ≤
𝑥
< 15.2.1
matrixolm
3.1.4 ≤
𝑥
< 3.2.8
schildischildichat
𝑥
< 1.9.7-sc1
schildischildichat
𝑥
< 1.9.7-sc1
cinny_projectcinny
𝑥
< 1.6.0
debiandebian_linux
9.0
debiandebian_linux
10.0
debiandebian_linux
11.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
olm
bullseye
no-dsa
buster
not-affected
bookworm
3.2.13~dfsg-1
fixed
sid
3.2.16+dfsg-2
fixed
trixie
3.2.16+dfsg-2
fixed
thunderbird
bullseye
1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1
no-dsa
buster
not-affected
bullseye (security)
1:128.4.0esr-1~deb11u1
fixed
bookworm
1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1
fixed
bookworm (security)
1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1
fixed
sid
1:128.4.0esr-1
fixed
trixie
1:128.4.0esr-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
node-matrix-js-sdk
noble
needs-triage
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
focal
needs-triage
xenial
ignored
trusty
ignored
olm
noble
needs-triage
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
focal
needs-triage
bionic
needs-triage
xenial
ignored
trusty
ignored
thunderbird
noble
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1
released
mantic
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1
released
lunar
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1
released
kinetic
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1
released
jammy
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1
released
impish
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
released
hirsute
ignored
focal
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
released
bionic
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
released
xenial
ignored
trusty
ignored