CVE-2021-44494

An issue was discovered in YottaDB through r1.32 and V7.0-000 and FIS GT.M through V7.0-000. Using crafted input, an attacker can cause calls to ZRead to crash due to a NULL pointer dereference.

Published: 2022-04-15 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-44494 is rated Moderate Risk (50.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). 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-2021-44494

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 2025-10-09 0.35% 0.37% +0.02%
2 2025-04-28 0.48% 0.35% -0.13%
3 2025-04-23 — 0.48% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-44494

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-2021-44494

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-44494

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2021-44494 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (fis-gtm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-44494
ubuntu medium CVE-2021-44494 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (fis-gtm), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, upstream, xenial): ignored 8, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44494

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-44494

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fisglobal gt.m <= 7.0-000 cpe:2.3:a:fisglobal:gt.m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yottadb yottadb <= 1.32 cpe:2.3:a:yottadb:yottadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-44494

URL Tags
http://tinco.pair.com/bhaskar/gtm/doc/articles/GTM_V7.0-002_Release_Notes.html Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/YottaDB/DB/YDB/-/issues/828 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fis-gtm/files/ Product Third Party Advisory
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