CVE-2021-37231
A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in...
A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in src/util.cpp while parsing a crafted mp4 file because of the missing boundary check.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in src/util.cpp while parsing a crafted mp4 file because of the missing boundary check.
- Record
CVE-2021-37231- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in src/util.cpp while parsing a crafted mp4 file because of the missing boundary check.
- Record
CVE-2021-37231- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-23803 No score
A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in src/util.cpp while parsing a crafted mp4 file because of the missing boundary check.
- Record
EUVD-2021-23803- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vp6p-w92w-v298
A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in...
A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in src/util.cpp while parsing a crafted mp4 file because of the missing boundary check.
- Record
GHSA-vp6p-w92w-v298- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in src/util.cpp while parsing a crafted mp4 file because of the missing boundary check.
- Record
CVE-2021-37231- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2021-37231
A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in src/util.cpp while parsing a crafted mp4 file because of the missing boundary check.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37231- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-37231
A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in src/util.cpp while parsing a crafted mp4 file because of the missing boundary check.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37231- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
atomicparsleyDebian:12 |
before 20210715.151551.e7ad03a-1 | 20210715.151551.e7ad03a-1 |
atomicparsleyDebian:13 |
before 20210715.151551.e7ad03a-1 | 20210715.151551.e7ad03a-1 |
atomicparsleyDebian:14 |
before 20210715.151551.e7ad03a-1 | 20210715.151551.e7ad03a-1 |
gtkpodDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.1.5-10 |
None known |
atomicparsleyUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.9.2~svn110-4 |
None known |
atomicparsleyUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.9.2~svn110-4 |
None known |
atomicparsleyUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.9.6-1 |
None known |
atomicparsleyUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.9.6-20.9.6-2build1 |
None known |
atomicparsleyUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.9.6-2build120210715.151551.e7ad03a-1 |
None known |
atomicparsleyUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 20210715.151551.e7ad03a-1 |
None known |
atomicparsleyUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 20240608.083822.1ed9031-1 |
None known |
atomicparsleyUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 20240608.083822.1ed9031-1build1 |
None known |
atomicparsleyUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 20240608.083822.1ed9031-120240608.083822.1ed9031-1build1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-37231 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Atomicparsley Project Atomicparsley, published August 4, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.99%, the 62nd percentile. Fixed in atomicparsley 20210715.151551.e7ad03a-1.
References
github.com/wez/atomicparsley/issues/30
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-01
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37231
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-37231
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-37231
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-37231