{"cve":"CVE-2021-3480","nvd":{"published":"2021-05-20T13:15:07.807","modified":"2026-06-17T04:05:10.823","status":"Modified","description":"A flaw was found in slapi-nis in versions before 0.56.7. A NULL pointer dereference during the parsing of the Binding DN could allow an unauthenticated attacker to crash the 389-ds-base directory server. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1944640","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GVQCDRQRFHXVR3Z3FQYM3UMC7QZUDDRJ/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MXMOMPTZTGOVFOZUUNXHOVCAYIPST74W/","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1944640","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GVQCDRQRFHXVR3Z3FQYM3UMC7QZUDDRJ/"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","slapi-nis_project:slapi-nis"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:18:09.669877188+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-3480","score":0.01701,"percentile":0.77224,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}