An issue was discovered in YottaDB through r1.32 and V7.0-000. A lack of input validation in calls to do_verify in sr_unix/do_verify.c allows attackers to attempt to jump to a NULL pointer by corrupting a function pointer.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-44482 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-04-28 | 0.36% | 0.27% | -0.10% |
| 2 | 2025-04-23 | 0.05% | 0.36% | +0.31% |
| 3 | 2023-03-16 | — | 0.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2021-44482 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (yotta), 13 status rows across 13 suites (focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 8, needs-triage 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44482 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/YottaDB/DB/YDB/-/issues/828 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |