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CVE-2021-36773

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36773 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting uBlock Origin before version 1.36.2 and uMatrix before version 4.4.9. Malicious websites can exploit an arbitrary depth of parameter nesting in strict blocking, leading to unbounded recursion, excessive memory consumption, and a complete loss of blocking functionality. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sciruby:nmatrix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.36.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ublockorigin:ublock_origin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:umatrix_project:umatrix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0126 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / vtriolet/writings/blob/main/posts/2021/ublock_origin_and_umatrix_denial_of_service.adoc
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00024.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
news.ycombinator.com / item
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory