# CVE-2021-36980: Open vSwitch (aka openvswitch) 2.11.0 through 2.15.0 has a use-after-free in decode\_NXAST\_RAW\_ENCAP (called from ofpact\_decode and ofpacts\_d

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-07-20 · Updated: 2025-05-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Open vSwitch (aka openvswitch) 2.11.0 through 2.15.0 has a use-after-free in decode_NXAST_RAW_ENCAP (called from ofpact_decode and ofpacts_decode) during the decoding of a RAW_ENCAP action.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/openvswitch/OSV-2020-2197.yaml
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=27851
- https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/77cccc74deede443e8b9102299efc869a52b65b2
- https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/38744b1bcb022c611712527f039722115300f58f
- https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/65c61b0c23a0d474696d7b1cea522a5016a8aeb3
- https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/6d67310f4d2524b466b98f05ebccc1add1e8cf35
- https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/8ce8dc34b5f73b30ce0c1869af9947013c3c6575
- https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/9926637a80d0d243dbf9c49761046895e9d1a8e2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-16

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