CVE-2021-36155 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in gRPC Swift versions 1.1.0 and earlier, where the LengthPrefixedMessageReader component can be tricked into allocating arbitrarily large buffers, leading to uncontrolled resource consumption. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:grpc_swift:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:grpc_swift:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:grpc_swift:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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