CVE-2021-33388

dpic 2021.04.10 has a Heap Buffer Overflow in themakevar() function in dpic.y

Published: 2023-08-22 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-33388 is rated Moderate Risk (51.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-33388

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-17 0.12% 0.15% +0.03%
2 2026-04-13 0.16% 0.12% -0.04%
3 2025-11-21 0.16%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-33388

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-33388

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-33388

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2021-33388 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dpic), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-33388
ubuntu medium CVE-2021-33388 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dpic), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-33388

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-33388

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dpic_project dpic 2021-04-10 cpe:2.3:a:dpic_project:dpic:2021-04-10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-33388

URL Tags
https://gitlab.com/aplevich/dpic/-/issues/8 Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence