CVE-2021-44487
An issue was discovered in YottaDB through r1.32 and V7.0-000. A lack of NULL checks in calls to...
An issue was discovered in YottaDB through r1.32 and V7.0-000. A lack of NULL checks in calls to ious_open in sr_unix/ious_open.c allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a NULL pointer.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in YottaDB through r1.32 and V7.0-000. A lack of NULL checks in calls to ious_open in sr_unix/ious_open.c allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a NULL pointer.
- Record
CVE-2021-44487- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in YottaDB through r1.32 and V7.0-000. A lack of NULL checks in calls to ious_open in sr_unix/ious_open.c allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a NULL pointer.
- Record
CVE-2021-44487- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-31320 No score
An issue was discovered in YottaDB through r1.32 and V7.0-000. A lack of NULL checks in calls to ious_open in sr_unix/ious_open.c allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a NULL pointer.
- Record
EUVD-2021-31320- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hfv5-x979-rcpr
An issue was discovered in YottaDB through r1.32 and V7.0-000. A lack of NULL checks in calls to...
An issue was discovered in YottaDB through r1.32 and V7.0-000. A lack of NULL checks in calls to ious_open in sr_unix/ious_open.c allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a NULL pointer.
- Record
GHSA-hfv5-x979-rcpr- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in YottaDB through r1.32 and V7.0-000. A lack of NULL checks in calls to ious_open in sr_unix/ious_open.c allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a NULL pointer.
- Record
CVE-2021-44487- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2021-44487 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Yottadb, published April 15, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.