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CVE-2021-21417

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21417 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in FluidSynth, a software synthesizer, triggered by processing a specially crafted, invalid SoundFont file. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fluidsynth:fluidsynth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / FluidSynth/fluidsynth/issues/808
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / FluidSynth/fluidsynth/pull/810
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / FluidSynth/fluidsynth/security/advisories/GHSA-6fcq-pxhc-jxc9
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory