CVE-2021-38172 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) affecting perM 0.4.0, specifically related to the use of strncpy, and impacts Debian perm products. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 80/100, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Furthermore, the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion and media coverage, indicating a low level of public awareness or active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:perm:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub 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.