Description
basic/unit-name.c in systemd prior to 246.15, 247.8, 248.5, and 249.1 has a Memory Allocation with an Excessive Size Value (involving strdupa and alloca for a pathname controlled by a local attacker) that results in an operating system crash.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- local
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770CWE-770
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- SYSTEMD_PROJECT
- Published
- 7/20/2021
- Last Modified
- 6/9/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
systemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoradebian : debian_linuxnetapp : hci_management_nodenetapp : solidfire
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