CVE-2021-36976

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.18 BB Relevance: 64/100
Published: 2021-07-20 Modified: 2026-11-02 First seen: 2026-11-02 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called from do_uncompress_block and process_block).

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (9)

VendorProductVersion
apple ipados < 15.4
apple iphone_os < 15.4
apple macos < 12.3
apple watchos < 8.5
fedoraproject fedora 35
libarchive libarchive 3.4.1 – 3.5.2
n/a n/a n/a
splunk universal_forwarder 8.2.0 – 8.2.12
splunk universal_forwarder 9.1.0

Bug Bounty Relevance

64 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

6.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

2.84%
Raw Score 0.028450
Percentile 86.8%
Date 2026-11-07

EPSS Trend

2026-11-07
0.02845
2026-11-06
0.02845
2026-11-05
0.02845
2026-11-04
0.02845
2026-11-03
0.02845
2026-11-02
0.02845

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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