CVE-2021-29453

Denial of service through memory exhaustion

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 19, 2021 at 06:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:47 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsMatrix Media RepoMatrix Media Repo

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

matrix-media-repo is an open-source multi-domain media repository for Matrix. Versions 1.2.6 and earlier of matrix-media-repo do not properly handle malicious images which are crafted to be small in file size, but large in complexity. A malicious user could upload a relatively small image in terms of file size, using particular image formats, which expands to have extremely large dimensions during the process of thumbnailing. The server can be exhausted of memory in the process of trying to load the whole image into memory for thumbnailing, leading to denial of service. Version 1.2.7 has a fix for the vulnerability.

Affected

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

v < 1.2.7
Affected range stops below 1.2.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-770

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