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CVE-2021-3345

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3345 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the _gcry_md_block_write function of Libgcrypt version 1.9.0, impacting products like GnuPG and Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity that could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While the EPSS score suggests a low probability of exploitation, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:libgcrypt:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_billing_and_revenue_management:12.0.0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-3345Critical

libgcrypt: Heap buffer overflow in the block buffer management code

Jan 29, 2021

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
git.gnupg.org / cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi
gnupg.org
Vendor Advisory
lists.gnupg.org / pipermail/gnupg-announce/2021q1/000455.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.gnupg.org / pipermail/gnupg-announce/2021q1/000456.html
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Third Party Advisory