A flaw was found in upx canPack in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.96. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV or buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impacts via a crafted ELF. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
History

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Upx
Upx upx
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:upx_project:upx:3.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:upx:upx:3.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Upx Project
Upx Project upx
Upx
Upx upx

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:37:22.715Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-20285

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-26T17:15:13.140

Modified: 2025-04-11T12:27:55.013

Link: CVE-2021-20285

cve-icon Redhat

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