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Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2021-25360

High
9/10

Summary

An improper input validation vulnerability in libswmfextractor library prior to SMR APR-2021 Release 1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on mediaextractor process.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • 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