7.5

CVE-2021-27186: treasuredata fluent_bit NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 10-02-2021Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-27186 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in treasuredata fluent_bit. EPSS estimates a 1.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.99%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 10-02-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Fluent Bit 1.6.10 has a NULL pointer dereference when an flb_malloc return value is not validated by flb_avro.c or http_server/api/v1/metrics.c.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.99%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.99% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.99%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Fluent Bit

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Treasuredata1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links