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Vulnerability details: VCID-cbn4-utmp-n7ba
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
Weaknesses (1)
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-23017.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23017
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23017
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2021/000300.html
https://nginx.org/download/patch.2021.resolver.txt
https://nginx.org/download/patch.2021.resolver.txt.asc
1963121 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1963121
989095 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=989095
ASA-202106-36 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202106-36
ASA-202106-48 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202106-48
AVG-1987 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1987
AVG-1988 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1988
CVE-2021-23017 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/remote/50973.py
CVE-2021-23017 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23017
GLSA-202105-38 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-38
RHSA-2021:2258 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2258
RHSA-2021:2259 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2259
RHSA-2021:2278 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2278
RHSA-2021:2290 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2290
RHSA-2021:3653 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3653
RHSA-2021:3851 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3851
RHSA-2021:3925 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3925
RHSA-2022:0323 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0323
USN-4967-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4967-1/
USN-4967-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4967-2/
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
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-23017.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
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