CVE-2021-44538
The olm_session_describe function in Matrix libolm before 3.2.7 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. The Olm session object represents a cryptographic channel between two parties. Therefore, its state is partially controllable by the remote party of the channel. Attackers can construct a crafted sequence of messages to manipulate the state of the receiver's session in such a way that, for some buffer sizes, a buffer overflow happens on a call to olm_session_describe. Furthermore, safe buffer sizes were undocumented. The overflow content is partially controllable by the attacker and limited to ASCII spaces and digits. The known affected products are Element Web And SchildiChat Web.
Published:Dec 14, 2021
Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
EPS:Dec 14, 2021
EPSS Score:0.01416
CVSS Score:9.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Cinny Project
Product
Cinny
Cinny Project
Cinny
Vendor
Debian
Product
Debian Linux
Debian
Debian Linux
Vendor
Matrix
Product
Element
Matrix
Element
Vendor
Matrix
Product
Javascript Sdk
Matrix
Javascript Sdk
Vendor
Matrix
Product
Olm
Matrix
Olm
Vendor
Schildi
Product
Schildichat
Schildi
Schildichat
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
