CVE-2021-41054

Exp

tftpd_file.c in atftp through 0.7.4 has a buffer overflow because buffer-size handling does not properly consider the combination of data, OACK, and other options.

Published: 2021-09-13 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-41054 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.58%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2021-41054

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-41054

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 2026-07-07 2.40% 2.58% +0.18%
2 2026-06-15 0.76% 2.40% +1.64%
3 2026-05-23 — 0.76% —

Full EPSS history (27 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-41054

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: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.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-41054

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-41054

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2021-41054 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (atftp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41054
suse medium CVE-2021-41054 severity moderate: SUSE including 4 source package names (atftp-0.7.0-135.16.16.6.1, atftp-0.7.0-135.23.6.1, atftp-0.7.0-160.11.1, atftp-0.7.5-1.1), 6 product×package rows across 6 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-TERADATA, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA, … (6 product lines)): Fixed 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41054/
ubuntu medium CVE-2021-41054 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (atftp), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 3, not-affected 3, released 3, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41054

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-41054

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
atftp_project atftp <= 0.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:atftp_project:atftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-41054

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