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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2021-22934

High
7.2/10

Summary

A vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R12 could allow an authenticated administrator or compromised Pulse Connect Secure device in a load-balanced configuration to perform a buffer overflow via a malicious crafted web request.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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