CVE-2021-27186
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Fluent Bit 1.6.10 has a NULL pointer dereference when an flb_malloc return value is not validated by flb_avro.c or http_server/api/v1/metrics.c.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-fluent-bit-2021-271862024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Fluent Bit 1.6.10 has a NULL pointer dereference when an flb_malloc return value is not validated by flb_avro.c or http_server/api/v1/metrics.c.
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/issues/3044cnnvd
- https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/pull/3045cnnvd
- https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/pull/3047cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27186cnnvd
- https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/issues/3044enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/pull/3045enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/pull/3047enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/issues/3044ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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