🛡️ CVE-2021-32297 — lief

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-787 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

LIEF heap-buffer-overflow

An issue was discovered in LIEF prior to version 0.11.0. A heap-buffer-overflow exists in the function main located in pe_reader.c. It allows an attacker to cause code Execution.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must actively cooperate. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2021-32297 is classified as CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. Data is written past the end or before the start of a buffer, corrupting whatever is stored there.

Affected software

CVE-2021-32297 is recorded against 1 package.

  • lief (fixed in 0.11.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 10 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)

CVE-2021-32297 on other distributions

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-787
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
lief — 0.11.0

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