# CVE-2021-4048: An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the CLARRV, DLARRV, SLARRV, and ZLARRV functions in lapack through version 3.10.0, as also used in O

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-08 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a lapack: lapack through version 3.10.0

## Description

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the CLARRV, DLARRV, SLARRV, and ZLARRV functions in lapack through version 3.10.0, as also used in OpenBLAS before version 0.3.18. Specially crafted inputs passed to these functions could cause an application using lapack to crash or possibly disclose portions of its memory.

## What to do

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

- https://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack/pull/625
- https://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack/commit/38f3eeee3108b18158409ca2a100e6fe03754781
- https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/42415
- https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/337b65133df174796794871b3988cd03426e6d41
- https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/2be5ee3cca97a597f2ee2118808a2d5eacea050c
- https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/fe497efa0510466fd93578aaf9da1ad8ed4edbe7
- https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/ddb0ff5353637bb5f5ad060c9620e334c143e3d7
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DROZM4M2QRKSD6FBO4BHSV2QMIRJQPHT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6QFEVOCUG2UXMVMFMTU4ONJVDEHY2LW2/

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