CVE-2021-46879
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in Treasure Data Fluent Bit 1.7.1, a wrong variable is used to get the msgpack data resulting in a heap overflow in flb_msgpack_gelf_value_ext. An attacker can craft a malicious file and tick the victim to open the file with the software, triggering a heap overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-fluent-bit-2021-468792024-03-06vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Treasure Data Fluent Bit 1.7.1, a wrong variable is used to get the msgpack data resulting in a heap overflow in flb_msgpack_gelf_value_ext. An attacker can craft a malicious file and tick the victim to open the file with the software, triggering a heap overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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references (8)
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- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=26851cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-46879/cnnvd
- https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/pull/3100cnnvd
- https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v2.0.11Patchcnnvd
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=26851enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/pull/3100enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=26851ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/pull/3100Patchnvd
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