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Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2020-13586

High
7.8/10

Summary

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Excel Document SST Record 0x00fc functionality of SoftMaker Software GmbH SoftMaker Office PlanMaker 2021 (Revision 1014). A specially crafted malformed file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

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  • Published