CVE-2021-37231

Exp

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.

Published: 2021-08-04 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-37231 is rated Exploit Available (51.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2021-37231

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-37231

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 2026-05-04 0.34% 0.20% -0.14%
2 2025-11-21 0.20% 0.34% +0.14%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.20% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-37231

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-37231

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-37231

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2021-37231 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (atomicparsley, gtkpod), 7 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-37231
gentoo normal CVE-2021-37231: 1 GLSA(s) (202305-01), 2 atom(s) (media-video/atomicparsley, media-video/atomicparsley-wez); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2021-37231
ubuntu medium CVE-2021-37231 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (atomicparsley), 15 status rows across 15 suites (bionic, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 8, ignored 7. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-37231

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-37231

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
atomicparsley_project atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f cpe:2.3:a:atomicparsley_project:atomicparsley:20210124.204813.840499f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-37231

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