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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2021-21772 json

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the NMR::COpcPackageReader::releaseZIP() functionality of 3MF Consortium lib3mf 2.0.0.

published 2021-03-10 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-8944

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the NMR::COpcPackageReader::releaseZIP() functionality of 3MF Consortium lib3mf 2.0.0. A specially crafted 3MF file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • lib3mf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.8.1+ds-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21772

  • lib3mf Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.8.1+ds-3ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21772

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-21772 updated cvss 7.5

lib3mf: specially crafted 3MF file can lead to code execution

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • talosintelligence.com https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1226 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • talosintelligence.com https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1226 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a 3MF

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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