Out-of-bounds Write
CVE-2021-44044
Summary
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists when reading a JPG file using Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2022.11. The specific issue exists with parsing JPG files. Crafted data in a JPG (4 extraneous bytes before the marker 0xca) can trigger a write operation past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- REQUIRED
- NONE
- HIGH
- HIGH
CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write
Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published