CVE-2021-21826
Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
0.5%
top 35.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 20
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XML Decompression DecodeTreeBlock functionality of AT&T Labs Xmill 0.7. Within `DecodeTreeBlock` which is called during the decompression of an XMI file, a UINT32 is loaded from the file and used as trusted input as the length of a buffer. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-37p7-4jpq-5264: A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XML Decompression DecodeTreeBlock functionality of AT&T Labs Xmill 0↗2022-05-24
CVEList▶
CVE-2021-21826: A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XML Decompression DecodeTreeBlock functionality of AT&T Labs Xmill 0↗2021-08-20