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CVE-2021-3522

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3522 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in GStreamer versions prior to 1.18.4, specifically when processing certain ID3v2 tags. This flaw primarily impacts products utilizing GStreamer, including those from NetApp and Oracle. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), potentially leading to a denial of service (A:H) but not compromising confidentiality or integrity. 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
< 1.18.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
>= 11.0.0, <= 11.70.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_storage_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0537 is in the 97th 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)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-3522Moderate

gstreamer-plugins-base: out-of-bounds read when handling certain ID3v2 tags

Mar 15, 2021

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-31
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20211022-0004
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory