CVE-2021-27645

LOW
2.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 24, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 12:17 PM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraGlibc

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Severity
LOW2.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The nameserver caching daemon (nscd) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.29 through 2.33, when processing a request for netgroup lookup, may crash due to a double-free, potentially resulting in degraded service or Denial of Service on the local system. This is related to netgroupcache.c.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

2.5LOWCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-415

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