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Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow')

CVE-2024-52990

High
7.8/10

Summary

Animate versions 23.0.8, 24.0.5 and earlier are affected by a Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to manipulate memory in such a way that they could execute code under the privileges of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

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

CWE-124 - Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow')

The software writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location prior to the beginning of the buffer.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published