In order to decrypt SM2 encrypted data an application is expected to call the API function EVP_PKEY_decrypt(). Typically an application will call this function twice. The first time, on entry, the "out" parameter can be NULL and, on exit, the "outlen" parameter is populated with the buffer size required to hold the decrypted plaintext. The application can then allocate a sufficiently sized buffer and call EVP_PKEY_decrypt() again, but this time passing a non-NULL value for the "out" parameter. A bug in the implementation of the SM2 decryption code means that the calculation of the buffer size required to hold the plaintext returned by the first call to EVP_PKEY_decrypt() can be smaller than the actual size required by the second call. This can lead to a buffer overflow when EVP_PKEY_decrypt() is called by the application a second time with a buffer that is too small. A malicious attacker who is able present SM2 content for decryption to an application could cause attacker chosen data to overflow the buffer by up to a maximum of 62 bytes altering the contents of other data held after the buffer, possibly changing application behaviour or causing the application to crash. The location of the buffer is application dependent but is typically heap allocated. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1l (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1k).
CVE-2021-3711
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.
Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.
Also known asEUVD-2022-2673 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-5ww6-px42-wc85 (GitHub Security Advisories) · RUSTSEC-2021-0097 (OSV.dev)Source: ENISA EUVD
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 88%
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 94EG Risk 94/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity98% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation88% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability100% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 88%
- EPSS %ILE
- 99th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 88% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
August 24, 2021
Last Modified
October 8, 2026
Advisory Details (9)
Auto-updated Nov 8, 2026OpenSSL: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-02) — Gentoo security
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-02IBM Spectrum Protect: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202209-02) — Gentoo security
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02Pony Mail
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad5d9f83f0d11fb3f8bb148d179b8a9ad7c6a17f18d70e5805a713d1%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3EPony Mail
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r18995de860f0e63635f3008fd2a6aca82394249476d21691e7c59c9e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Eoss-security - OpenSSL SM2 Decryption Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3711), Read buffer overruns processing ASN.1 strings (CVE-2021-3712)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/26/2Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-3711(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- GHSA-5ww6-px42-wc85GitHub Security AdvisoriesCritical
SM2 Decryption Buffer Overflow
- RHSA-2021:4618Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.4 images and security updates
- CVE-2021-3711Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Critical
Microsoft security update for CVE-2021-3711
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libssl-doc (1.1.1j-1ubuntu3.5) @ hirsute | 2026-11-11 | ubuntu |
| rust | openssl-src @ 111.16.0 (fixes < 111.16.0) | — | ghsa |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(24 across 20 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.15(2)
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| openssl | — |
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| openssl3 | — |
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Alpine:v3.16(2)
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| openssl | — |
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| openssl3 | — |
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Alpine:v3.17(2)
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| openssl | — |
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| openssl1.1-compat | — |
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Alpine:v3.18(2)
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| openssl | — |
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| openssl1.1-compat | — |
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Alpine:v3.11(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.12(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.13(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.14(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.19(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.20(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.21(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
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| openssl | — |
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crates.io(1)
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| openssl-src | — |
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Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| openssl | 1.1.1c-1 ... 1.1.1d-0+deb10u6 (7 versions) |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| openssl | 1.1.1k-1 |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| openssl | — |
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Debian:13(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| openssl | — |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 49× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 191 rows on record for this CVE, as 99 entries (1 repeat merged).
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 91 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
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- 2026-11-11 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 88% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-11-06 22:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-5ww6-px42-wc85 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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