CVE-2021-37311 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2023-02-03

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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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.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00401.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

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

History

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-26T18:30:32.804Z

Reserved: 2021-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-37311

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:16:04.037Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-03T18:15:12.123

Modified: 2025-03-26T19:15:15.887

Link: CVE-2021-37311

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-120

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