Asterix Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CRITICAL 9.1CVE-2021-44144 · GHSA-6mmf-v5q7-vw2w · PYSEC-2021-860 · Published 22/11/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-44144 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability affecting asterix-decoder, asterix (crocontrol).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 68.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.7.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
asterix-decoder PyPI	`< 0.7.2`	`0.7.2`
asterix crocontrol	`= 2.8.1`	No fix yet

Croatia Control Asterix 2.8.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read, with additional details to be disclosed at a later date.

NVD description

Croatia Control Asterix 2.8.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read, with additional details to be disclosed at a later date.

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