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Vulnerability details: VCID-rvg8-cbnc-q3bc
Vulnerability ID VCID-rvg8-cbnc-q3bc
Aliases CVE-2021-37404
GHSA-rmpj-7c96-mrg8
Summary Apache Hadoop heap overflow before v2.10.2, v3.2.3, v3.3.2 There is a potential heap buffer overflow in Apache Hadoop libhdfs native code. Opening a file path provided by user without validation may result in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. Users should upgrade to Apache Hadoop 2.10.2, 3.2.3, 3.3.2 or higher.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
System Score Found at
cvssv3 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-37404.json
epss 0.0046 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-37404
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rmpj-7c96-mrg8
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/apache/hadoop
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/apache/hadoop
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread/2h56ztcj3ojc66qzf1nno88vjw9vd4wo
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.apache.org/thread/2h56ztcj3ojc66qzf1nno88vjw9vd4wo
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37404
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37404
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37404
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220715-0007
generic_textual CRITICAL https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220715-0007
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-37404.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-37404
https://github.com/apache/hadoop
https://lists.apache.org/thread/2h56ztcj3ojc66qzf1nno88vjw9vd4wo
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37404
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220715-0007
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220715-0007/
2097421 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2097421
cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-rmpj-7c96-mrg8 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rmpj-7c96-mrg8
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-37404.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/hadoop
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/2h56ztcj3ojc66qzf1nno88vjw9vd4wo
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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37404
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37404
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220715-0007
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.63134
EPSS Score 0.0046
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:25:38.741833+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/06/GHSA-rmpj-7c96-mrg8/GHSA-rmpj-7c96-mrg8.json 36.1.3