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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-3888

libmobi is vulnerable to Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset

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31 Oct 2026, 12:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-3888

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Oct 2021, 13:15 UTC

libmobi is vulnerable to Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset

osv:CVE-2021-3888
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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