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Use After Free

CVE-2021-44447

Severity High
Score 7.8/10

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in JT Utilities (All versions < V13.0.3.0), JTTK (All versions < V11.0.3.0). JTTK library in affected products contains a use-after-free vulnerability that could be triggered while parsing specially crafted JT files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-14911)

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

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published