# CVE-2021-3623: A flaw was found in libtpms.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-03-02 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a libtpms: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in libtpms. The flaw can be triggered by specially-crafted TPM 2 command packets containing illegal values and may lead to an out-of-bounds access when the volatile state of the TPM 2 is marshalled/written or unmarshalled/read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a libtpms, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7KZSYMTE7Z4BBEZUWO2DIMQDWMGEP46/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1976806
- https://github.com/stefanberger/libtpms/pull/223
- https://github.com/stefanberger/libtpms/commit/2f30d62
- https://github.com/stefanberger/libtpms/commit/7981d9a
- https://github.com/stefanberger/libtpms/commit/2e6173c

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