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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-cbn4-utmp-n7ba |
| Aliases |
CVE-2021-23017
|
| Summary | 1-byte memory overwrite in resolver |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 2.0 |
| Weighted Severity | 7.3 |
| Risk | 10.0 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| CWE-193 | Off-by-one Error |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv3 | 8.1 | https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-23017.json |
| epss | 0.73544 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23017 |
| epss | 0.73544 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23017 |
| epss | 0.73544 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23017 |
| epss | 0.73544 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23017 |
| epss | 0.73544 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23017 |
| cvssv3.1 | 8.1 | https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml |
| generic_textual | medium | https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2021/000300.html |
| archlinux | Medium | https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1987 |
| archlinux | Medium | https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1988 |
| Data source | Exploit-DB |
|---|---|
| Date added | July 11, 2022 |
| Description | Nginx 1.20.0 - Denial of Service (DOS) |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
| Source publication date | July 11, 2022 |
| Exploit type | remote |
| Platform | multiple |
| Source update date | July 11, 2022 |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Scope (S) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent_network local physical |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Scope (S) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent_network local physical |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| Percentile | 0.98794 |
| EPSS Score | 0.73544 |
| Published At | April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01T12:31:46.343412+00:00 | Nginx Importer | Import | https://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html | 38.0.0 |