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

CVE-2021-25461

Medium
4/10

Summary

An improper length check in APAService prior to SMR Sep-2021 Release 1 results in stack based Buffer Overflow.

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

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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