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Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVE-2021-22709

Severity High
Score 7.8/10

Summary

A CWE-119:Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability exists in Interactive Graphical SCADA System (IGSS) Definition (Def.exe) V15.0.0.21041 and prior, which could result in loss of data or remote code execution when malicious CGF (Configuration Group File) file is imported to IGSS Definition.

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

CWE-119 - Buffer Overflow

Buffer overflow attacks involve data transit and operations exceeding the restricted memory buffer, thereby corrupting or overwriting data in adjacent memory locations. Such overflow allows the attacker to run arbitrary code or manipulate the existing code to cause privilege escalation, data breach, denial of service, system crash and even complete system compromise. Given that languages such as C and C++ lack default safeguards against overwriting or accessing data in their memory, applications utilizing these languages are most susceptible to buffer overflows attacks.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published