CVE-2021-34813
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.043 · 91 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Matrix libolm before 3.2.3 allows a malicious Matrix homeserver to crash a client (while it is attempting to retrieve an Olm encrypted room key backup from the homeserver) because olm_pk_decrypt has a stack-based buffer overflow. Remote code execution might be possible for some nonstandard build configurations.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (6)
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also known as (4)
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references (9)
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- https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/-/commit/ccc0d122ee1b4d5e5ca4ec1432086be17d5f901bcnnvd
- https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/-/releases/3.2.3cnnvd
- https://matrix.org/blog/2021/06/14/adventures-in-fuzzing-libolmcnnvd
- https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/-/commit/ccc0d122ee1b4d5e5ca4ec1432086be17d5f901benisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/-/releases/3.2.3enisa_euvd
- https://matrix.org/blog/2021/06/14/adventures-in-fuzzing-libolmenisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/-/commit/ccc0d122ee1b4d5e5ca4ec1432086be17d5f901bPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/-/releases/3.2.3Release NotesVendor Advisorynvd
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