CVE-2021-4209

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4209
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-4209.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-4209
Downstream
Related
Published
2022-08-24T16:15:09.927Z
Modified
2026-05-18T22:23:55.116731Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in GnuTLS. As Nettle's hash update functions internally call memcpy, providing zero-length input may cause undefined behavior. This flaw leads to a denial of service after authentication in rare circumstances.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gnutls/gnutls

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gnutls/gnutls
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
f213ec01faa8fd7e7478f85a76352be875f53e4b
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.7.3"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

3.*
3.6.12
3.6.13
3.6.14
3.7.0
3.7.1
3.7.2
Other
gnutls-0-0-7
gnutls-0-1-0-srp
gnutls-0_1_2
gnutls-3_0_12
gnutls0-0-4
gnutls0-0-5
gnutls0-0-6
gnutls_0_1_4
gnutls_0_1_9
gnutls_0_2_0
gnutls_0_2_1
gnutls_0_2_10
gnutls_0_2_11
gnutls_0_2_2
gnutls_0_2_3
gnutls_0_2_4
gnutls_0_2_9
gnutls_0_2_90
gnutls_0_2_91
gnutls_0_3_0
gnutls_0_3_1
gnutls_0_3_2
gnutls_0_3_90
gnutls_0_3_91
gnutls_0_3_92
gnutls_0_4_0
gnutls_0_4_1
gnutls_0_4_2
gnutls_0_4_3
gnutls_0_4_with_libtasn1
gnutls_0_5_0
gnutls_0_5_1
gnutls_0_5_10
gnutls_0_5_11
gnutls_0_5_4
gnutls_0_5_5
gnutls_0_5_6
gnutls_0_5_7
gnutls_0_5_8
gnutls_0_5_9
gnutls_0_5_x_before_export_ciphersuites
gnutls_0_5_x_before_int_fixes
gnutls_0_5_x_before_types_change
gnutls_0_5_x_with_export_ciphersuites
gnutls_0_6_0
gnutls_0_8_0
gnutls_0_8_1
gnutls_0_9_1
gnutls_0_9_2
gnutls_0_9_3
gnutls_0_9_4
gnutls_0_9_5
gnutls_0_9_6
gnutls_0_9_7
gnutls_0_9_8
gnutls_0_9_90
gnutls_0_9_91
gnutls_0_9_92
gnutls_0_9_93
gnutls_0_9_94
gnutls_0_9_95
gnutls_0_9_96
gnutls_0_9_97
gnutls_0_9_98
gnutls_0_9_99
gnutls_1_0_0
gnutls_1_0_20
gnutls_1_0_21
gnutls_1_0_22
gnutls_1_0_23
gnutls_1_0_24
gnutls_1_0_25
gnutls_1_1_0
gnutls_1_1_1
gnutls_1_1_10
gnutls_1_1_11
gnutls_1_1_12
gnutls_1_1_13
gnutls_1_1_14
gnutls_1_1_15
gnutls_1_1_16
gnutls_1_1_17
gnutls_1_1_18
gnutls_1_1_19
gnutls_1_1_2
gnutls_1_1_20
gnutls_1_1_21
gnutls_1_1_22
gnutls_1_1_23
gnutls_1_1_3
gnutls_1_1_4
gnutls_1_1_5
gnutls_1_1_6
gnutls_1_1_7
gnutls_1_1_7_pre0
gnutls_1_1_8
gnutls_1_1_9
gnutls_1_2_0
gnutls_1_2_1
gnutls_1_2_10
gnutls_1_2_11
gnutls_1_2_2
gnutls_1_2_3
gnutls_1_2_4
gnutls_1_2_5
gnutls_1_2_6
gnutls_1_2_7
gnutls_1_2_8
gnutls_1_2_9
gnutls_1_3_0
gnutls_1_3_1
gnutls_1_3_2
gnutls_1_3_3
gnutls_1_3_4
gnutls_1_3_5
gnutls_1_4_0
gnutls_1_4_1
gnutls_1_4_2
gnutls_1_5_0
gnutls_1_5_1
gnutls_1_5_2
gnutls_1_5_3
gnutls_1_5_4
gnutls_1_5_5
gnutls_1_6_0
gnutls_1_6_1
gnutls_1_7_0
gnutls_1_7_1
gnutls_1_7_10
gnutls_1_7_11
gnutls_1_7_12
gnutls_1_7_13
gnutls_1_7_14
gnutls_1_7_15
gnutls_1_7_16
gnutls_1_7_17
gnutls_1_7_18
gnutls_1_7_19
gnutls_1_7_2
gnutls_1_7_3
gnutls_1_7_4
gnutls_1_7_5
gnutls_1_7_6
gnutls_1_7_7
gnutls_1_7_8
gnutls_1_7_9
gnutls_2_0_0
gnutls_2_0_1
gnutls_2_11_3
gnutls_2_11_4
gnutls_2_11_5
gnutls_2_11_6
gnutls_2_1_0
gnutls_2_1_1
gnutls_2_1_2
gnutls_2_1_3
gnutls_2_1_4
gnutls_2_1_5
gnutls_2_1_6
gnutls_2_1_7
gnutls_2_1_8
gnutls_2_3_0
gnutls_2_3_1
gnutls_2_3_10
gnutls_2_3_11
gnutls_2_3_12
gnutls_2_3_13
gnutls_2_3_14
gnutls_2_3_15
gnutls_2_3_3
gnutls_2_3_5
gnutls_2_3_6
gnutls_2_3_7
gnutls_2_3_8
gnutls_2_3_9
gnutls_2_4_0
gnutls_2_5_0
gnutls_2_5_1
gnutls_2_5_2
gnutls_2_5_3
gnutls_2_5_4
gnutls_2_5_6
gnutls_2_5_7
gnutls_2_5_8
gnutls_2_7_0
gnutls_2_7_1
gnutls_2_7_10
gnutls_2_7_11
gnutls_2_7_12
gnutls_2_7_3
gnutls_2_7_4
gnutls_2_7_5
gnutls_2_7_6
gnutls_2_7_7
gnutls_2_7_8
gnutls_2_7_9
gnutls_2_99_0
gnutls_2_99_1
gnutls_2_99_2
gnutls_2_99_3
gnutls_2_99_4
gnutls_2_9_10
gnutls_2_9_2
gnutls_2_9_3
gnutls_2_9_4
gnutls_2_9_5
gnutls_2_9_6
gnutls_2_9_7
gnutls_2_9_8
gnutls_2_9_9
gnutls_3_0_0
gnutls_3_0_10
gnutls_3_0_11
gnutls_3_0_13
gnutls_3_0_14
gnutls_3_0_15
gnutls_3_0_16
gnutls_3_0_17
gnutls_3_0_18
gnutls_3_0_2
gnutls_3_0_21
gnutls_3_0_3
gnutls_3_0_4
gnutls_3_0_5
gnutls_3_0_6
gnutls_3_0_7
gnutls_3_0_8
gnutls_3_0_9
gnutls_3_1_0
gnutls_3_1_0pre0
gnutls_3_1_2
gnutls_3_1_3
gnutls_3_1_4
gnutls_3_1_5
gnutls_3_1_6
gnutls_3_1_7
gnutls_3_1_8
gnutls_3_1_9
gnutls_3_2_0
gnutls_3_2_2
gnutls_3_2_3
gnutls_3_2_3pre0
gnutls_3_2_4
gnutls_3_2_5
gnutls_3_2_6
gnutls_3_3_0
gnutls_3_3_1
gnutls_3_3_2
gnutls_3_3_3
gnutls_3_3_4
gnutls_3_3_5
gnutls_3_3_6
gnutls_3_4_0
gnutls_3_4_1
gnutls_3_4_2
gnutls_3_4_3
gnutls_3_5_0
gnutls_3_5_1
gnutls_3_5_2
gnutls_3_5_3
gnutls_3_5_4
gnutls_3_5_5
gnutls_3_5_7
gnutls_3_6_0
gnutls_3_6_0_1
gnutls_3_6_1
gnutls_3_6_10
gnutls_3_6_11
gnutls_3_6_11_1
gnutls_3_6_12
gnutls_3_6_2
gnutls_3_6_3
gnutls_3_6_4
gnutls_3_6_5
gnutls_3_6_6
gnutls_3_6_7
gnutls_3_6_9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-4209.json"

Git / gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
f213ec01faa8fd7e7478f85a76352be875f53e4b
Fixed
3db352734472d851318944db13be73da61300568
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.7.3"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_FIELD",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

3.*
3.6.12
3.6.13
3.6.14
3.7.0
3.7.1
3.7.2
Other
gnutls-0-0-7
gnutls-0-1-0-srp
gnutls-0_1_2
gnutls-3_0_12
gnutls0-0-4
gnutls0-0-5
gnutls0-0-6
gnutls_0_1_4
gnutls_0_1_9
gnutls_0_2_0
gnutls_0_2_1
gnutls_0_2_10
gnutls_0_2_11
gnutls_0_2_2
gnutls_0_2_3
gnutls_0_2_4
gnutls_0_2_9
gnutls_0_2_90
gnutls_0_2_91
gnutls_0_3_0
gnutls_0_3_1
gnutls_0_3_2
gnutls_0_3_90
gnutls_0_3_91
gnutls_0_3_92
gnutls_0_4_0
gnutls_0_4_1
gnutls_0_4_2
gnutls_0_4_3
gnutls_0_4_with_libtasn1
gnutls_0_5_0
gnutls_0_5_1
gnutls_0_5_10
gnutls_0_5_11
gnutls_0_5_4
gnutls_0_5_5
gnutls_0_5_6
gnutls_0_5_7
gnutls_0_5_8
gnutls_0_5_9
gnutls_0_5_x_before_export_ciphersuites
gnutls_0_5_x_before_int_fixes
gnutls_0_5_x_before_types_change
gnutls_0_5_x_with_export_ciphersuites
gnutls_0_6_0
gnutls_0_8_0
gnutls_0_8_1
gnutls_0_9_1
gnutls_0_9_2
gnutls_0_9_3
gnutls_0_9_4
gnutls_0_9_5
gnutls_0_9_6
gnutls_0_9_7
gnutls_0_9_8
gnutls_0_9_90
gnutls_0_9_91
gnutls_0_9_92
gnutls_0_9_93
gnutls_0_9_94
gnutls_0_9_95
gnutls_0_9_96
gnutls_0_9_97
gnutls_0_9_98
gnutls_0_9_99
gnutls_1_0_0
gnutls_1_0_20
gnutls_1_0_21
gnutls_1_0_22
gnutls_1_0_23
gnutls_1_0_24
gnutls_1_0_25
gnutls_1_1_0
gnutls_1_1_1
gnutls_1_1_10
gnutls_1_1_11
gnutls_1_1_12
gnutls_1_1_13
gnutls_1_1_14
gnutls_1_1_15
gnutls_1_1_16
gnutls_1_1_17
gnutls_1_1_18
gnutls_1_1_19
gnutls_1_1_2
gnutls_1_1_20
gnutls_1_1_21
gnutls_1_1_22
gnutls_1_1_23
gnutls_1_1_3
gnutls_1_1_4
gnutls_1_1_5
gnutls_1_1_6
gnutls_1_1_7
gnutls_1_1_7_pre0
gnutls_1_1_8
gnutls_1_1_9
gnutls_1_2_0
gnutls_1_2_1
gnutls_1_2_10
gnutls_1_2_11
gnutls_1_2_2
gnutls_1_2_3
gnutls_1_2_4
gnutls_1_2_5
gnutls_1_2_6
gnutls_1_2_7
gnutls_1_2_8
gnutls_1_2_9
gnutls_1_3_0
gnutls_1_3_1
gnutls_1_3_2
gnutls_1_3_3
gnutls_1_3_4
gnutls_1_3_5
gnutls_1_4_0
gnutls_1_4_1
gnutls_1_4_2
gnutls_1_5_0
gnutls_1_5_1
gnutls_1_5_2
gnutls_1_5_3
gnutls_1_5_4
gnutls_1_5_5
gnutls_1_6_0
gnutls_1_6_1
gnutls_1_7_0
gnutls_1_7_1
gnutls_1_7_10
gnutls_1_7_11
gnutls_1_7_12
gnutls_1_7_13
gnutls_1_7_14
gnutls_1_7_15
gnutls_1_7_16
gnutls_1_7_17
gnutls_1_7_18
gnutls_1_7_19
gnutls_1_7_2
gnutls_1_7_3
gnutls_1_7_4
gnutls_1_7_5
gnutls_1_7_6
gnutls_1_7_7
gnutls_1_7_8
gnutls_1_7_9
gnutls_2_0_0
gnutls_2_0_1
gnutls_2_11_3
gnutls_2_11_4
gnutls_2_11_5
gnutls_2_11_6
gnutls_2_1_0
gnutls_2_1_1
gnutls_2_1_2
gnutls_2_1_3
gnutls_2_1_4
gnutls_2_1_5
gnutls_2_1_6
gnutls_2_1_7
gnutls_2_1_8
gnutls_2_3_0
gnutls_2_3_1
gnutls_2_3_10
gnutls_2_3_11
gnutls_2_3_12
gnutls_2_3_13
gnutls_2_3_14
gnutls_2_3_15
gnutls_2_3_3
gnutls_2_3_5
gnutls_2_3_6
gnutls_2_3_7
gnutls_2_3_8
gnutls_2_3_9
gnutls_2_4_0
gnutls_2_5_0
gnutls_2_5_1
gnutls_2_5_2
gnutls_2_5_3
gnutls_2_5_4
gnutls_2_5_6
gnutls_2_5_7
gnutls_2_5_8
gnutls_2_7_0
gnutls_2_7_1
gnutls_2_7_10
gnutls_2_7_11
gnutls_2_7_12
gnutls_2_7_3
gnutls_2_7_4
gnutls_2_7_5
gnutls_2_7_6
gnutls_2_7_7
gnutls_2_7_8
gnutls_2_7_9
gnutls_2_99_0
gnutls_2_99_1
gnutls_2_99_2
gnutls_2_99_3
gnutls_2_99_4
gnutls_2_9_10
gnutls_2_9_2
gnutls_2_9_3
gnutls_2_9_4
gnutls_2_9_5
gnutls_2_9_6
gnutls_2_9_7
gnutls_2_9_8
gnutls_2_9_9
gnutls_3_0_0
gnutls_3_0_10
gnutls_3_0_11
gnutls_3_0_13
gnutls_3_0_14
gnutls_3_0_15
gnutls_3_0_16
gnutls_3_0_17
gnutls_3_0_18
gnutls_3_0_2
gnutls_3_0_21
gnutls_3_0_3
gnutls_3_0_4
gnutls_3_0_5
gnutls_3_0_6
gnutls_3_0_7
gnutls_3_0_8
gnutls_3_0_9
gnutls_3_1_0
gnutls_3_1_0pre0
gnutls_3_1_2
gnutls_3_1_3
gnutls_3_1_4
gnutls_3_1_5
gnutls_3_1_6
gnutls_3_1_7
gnutls_3_1_8
gnutls_3_1_9
gnutls_3_2_0
gnutls_3_2_2
gnutls_3_2_3
gnutls_3_2_3pre0
gnutls_3_2_4
gnutls_3_2_5
gnutls_3_2_6
gnutls_3_3_0
gnutls_3_3_1
gnutls_3_3_2
gnutls_3_3_3
gnutls_3_3_4
gnutls_3_3_5
gnutls_3_3_6
gnutls_3_4_0
gnutls_3_4_1
gnutls_3_4_2
gnutls_3_4_3
gnutls_3_5_0
gnutls_3_5_1
gnutls_3_5_2
gnutls_3_5_3
gnutls_3_5_4
gnutls_3_5_5
gnutls_3_5_7
gnutls_3_6_0
gnutls_3_6_0_1
gnutls_3_6_1
gnutls_3_6_10
gnutls_3_6_11
gnutls_3_6_11_1
gnutls_3_6_12
gnutls_3_6_2
gnutls_3_6_3
gnutls_3_6_4
gnutls_3_6_5
gnutls_3_6_6
gnutls_3_6_7
gnutls_3_6_9

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-05-18T22:23:55Z"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "target": {
            "file": "lib/nettle/mac.c",
            "function": "wrap_nettle_hash_fast"
        },
        "source": "https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls@3db352734472d851318944db13be73da61300568",
        "id": "CVE-2021-4209-1d4b3fe6",
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "length": 292.0,
            "function_hash": "236935491575988941758897380685262140406"
        }
    },
    {
        "target": {
            "file": "lib/nettle/mac.c"
        },
        "source": "https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls@3db352734472d851318944db13be73da61300568",
        "id": "CVE-2021-4209-d7f7968a",
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "275608571458383794299871881526938393840",
                "233275457814939103921727359368080843473",
                "149924555111173732165894474521323559217",
                "34228096393390421288319336369992983832"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        }
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-4209.json"