CVE-2021-37137

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 19, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
12 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxOnCommand InsightPeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Snappy frame decoder function doesn't restrict the chunk length which may lead to excessive memory usage. Beside this it also may buffer reserved skippable chunks until the whole chunk was received which may lead to excessive memory usage as well. This vulnerability can be triggered by supplying malicious input that decompresses to a very big size (via a network stream or a file) or by sending a huge skippable chunk.

Affected

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

v < 4.1.68v < 4.1.68Final*
Affected range stops below 4.1.68, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.1.68Final, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
18.1 ≤ v ≤ 18.3*19.119.220.121.1
v < 12.0.0.4.6*12.0.0.5.0
Affected range stops below 12.0.0.4.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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