{"cve":"CVE-2021-45972","nvd":{"published":"2022-01-01T21:15:07.730","modified":"2026-06-17T04:14:20.850","status":"Modified","description":"The giftrans function in giftrans 1.12.2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow because a value inside the input file determines the amount of data to write. This allows an attacker to overwrite up to 250 bytes outside of the allocated buffer with arbitrary data.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-1284"],"references":["http://web.archive.org/web/20150801185019/","https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002739","https://www.abdn.ac.uk/tools/ibmpc/giftrans/index.hti","http://web.archive.org/web/20150801185019/","https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002739"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","giftrans_project:giftrans"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:26:33.761856376+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-45972","score":0.00992,"percentile":0.62575,"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."]}