CVE-2021-3470
redis: potential heap overflow when using a heap allocator other than jemalloc or glibc's malloc
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 26, 2020
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A heap overflow issue was found in Redis when using a heap allocator other than jemalloc or glibc's malloc, leading to potential out of bound write or process crash. Effectively this flaw does not affect the vast majority of users, who use jemalloc or glibc.
Statement
The following products are not affected by this flaw because they use jemalloc as default heap allocator:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Software Collections
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
In Red Hat OpenStack Platform, because the flaw has a lower impact and the fix would require a substantial amount of development, no update will be provided at this time for the RHOSP redis package.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer