CVE-2021-37311 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fcitx5 5.0.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted message to the application's listening port.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00079.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Fcitx 5 Project	Fcitx 5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fcitx_5_project:fcitx_5:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23880	Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fcitx5 5.0.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted message to the application's listening port.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://fcitx-im.org
https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx5/pull/308

History

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-26T18:30:32.804Z

Reserved: 2021-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-37311

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:16:04.037Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-03T18:15:12.123

Modified: 2025-03-26T19:15:15.887

Link: CVE-2021-37311

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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