CVE-2021-33015

Q: How do I fix CVE-2021-33015?

Upgrade cscape to 9.90 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2021-33015 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-33015 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.00% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 60% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2021-33015?

CVE-2021-33015 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2021-33015 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for cscape (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Cscape (All Versions prior to 9.90 SP5) lacks proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing project files. This could lead to an out-of-bounds write via an uninitialized pointer. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

CWE-824

How to fix

Remediation Available

cscapeNVD

Affected:< 9.90Fixed in:9.90CVE-2021-33015derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

60thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

us-cert.cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-824 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2018-9948	Medium	6.5	64%	-	-
CVE-2018-11803	High	7.5	58%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-21971	High	7.8	54%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2010-1818	High	9.3	43%	-	-
CVE-2015-1770	High	8.8	35%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-12561	Critical	9.8	31%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2021-33015?

Upgrade cscape to 9.90 or later.

Is CVE-2021-33015 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-33015 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.00% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 60% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2021-33015?

CVE-2021-33015 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2021-33015 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for cscape (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.