CVE-2021-44538

EUVD-2021-31369
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
NISTPrimary
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
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 80%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
matrixelement
𝑥
< 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
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
olm
bookworm
3.2.13~dfsg-1
fixed
bullseye
no-dsa
buster
not-affected
sid
3.2.16+dfsg-2
fixed
trixie
3.2.16+dfsg-2
fixed
thunderbird
bookworm
1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1
fixed
bookworm (security)
1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1
fixed
bullseye
1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1
no-dsa
bullseye (security)
1:128.4.0esr-1~deb11u1
fixed
buster
not-affected
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
focal
needs-triage
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
kinetic
ignored
lunar
ignored
mantic
ignored
noble
needs-triage
trusty
ignored
xenial
ignored
olm
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
kinetic
ignored
lunar
ignored
mantic
ignored
noble
needs-triage
trusty
ignored
xenial
ignored
thunderbird
bionic
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
released
focal
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
released
hirsute
ignored
impish
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
released
jammy
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1
released
kinetic
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1
released
lunar
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1
released
mantic
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1
released
noble
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1
released
trusty
ignored
xenial
ignored