CVE-2021-44568

Exp

Two heap-overflow vulnerabilities exist in openSUSE/libsolv libsolv through 13 Dec 2020 in the decisionmap variable via the resolve_dependencies function at src/solver.c (line 1940 & line 1995), which could cause a remote Denial of Service.

Published: 2022-02-21 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-44568 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.77%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.58% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2021-44568

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-44568

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 2026-06-15 0.19% 1.77% +1.58%
2 2025-11-21 0.48% 0.19% -0.29%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.48% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-44568

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: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.
 2.8 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-2021-44568

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-44568

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2021-44568 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libsolv), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-44568
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44568
suse low CVE-2021-44568 severity low: SUSE including 8 source package names (libsolv, libsolv-devel, …), 187 product×package rows across 47 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (47 product lines)): Known Not Affected 187. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44568/
ubuntu medium CVE-2021-44568 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libsolv), 14 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 9, needs-triage 3, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44568

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-44568

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse libsolv < 0.7.17 cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:libsolv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-44568

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