MEDIUM 5.5 Microsoft

CVE-2021-33910

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.

Microsoft Security Update 2021-Jul: 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.

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Published: 2021-07-13 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-10
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 was published on 2021-07-13 via Microsoft. EPSS score: 8.6% (top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation probability). Affected: cm1 systemd 239-38 on CBL Mariner 1.0.
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