CVE-2021-21897

high

Description

A code execution vulnerability exists in the DL_Dxf::handleLWPolylineData functionality of Ribbonsoft dxflib 3.17.0. A specially-crafted .dxf file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1346

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L2H36XRMAPQBIOVIIFX6KUT5YOG2ETM6/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IMGMEPTYL7WTQ333J6SMC6MUHDMMWT3O/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DA4C4X5GMM65VYLUW7Q7YL6P5NDB633A/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BUOTYU3KKIYE4BEBUFA4MRS462P3OWM/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00008.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-08

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High