CVE-2021-3910

NUL character in ROA causes OctoRPKI to crash

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 11, 2021 at 09:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxOctoRPKI

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

OctoRPKI crashes when encountering a repository that returns an invalid ROA (just an encoded NUL (\0) character).

Affected

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

v < 1.4.0
Affected range stops below 1.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-20

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