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Vulnerability details: VCID-wrrn-hne4-afex
Vulnerability ID VCID-wrrn-hne4-afex
Aliases CVE-2021-20284
Summary binutils: Heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.7 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-20284.json
epss 0.00087 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
epss 0.00087 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
epss 0.00087 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
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epss 0.00087 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
epss 0.00087 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
epss 0.00087 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
epss 0.00087 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
epss 0.00087 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
epss 0.00087 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
epss 0.00114 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
epss 0.00114 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
epss 0.00114 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
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epss 0.00114 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20284
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20284
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-20284.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20284
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20284
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-30
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0010/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26931
1937784 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1937784
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.35.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.35.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2021-20284 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20284
RHSA-2021:4364 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-20284.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:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20284
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

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proof_of_concept

not_defined

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20284
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

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low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.25992
EPSS Score 0.00087
Published At Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T10:17:06.961868+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-20284.json 37.0.0