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Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2023-27390

High
7.8/10

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Sequence::DrawText functionality of Diagon v1.0.139. A specially crafted markdown file can lead to arbitrary code execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • 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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published