CVE-2021-41556 — Out-of-bounds Read in Squirrel
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
2.4%
top 14.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 28
Latest updateJul 29
Description
sqclass.cpp in Squirrel through 2.2.5 and 3.x through 3.1 allows an out-of-bounds read (in the core interpreter) that can lead to Code Execution. If a victim executes an attacker-controlled squirrel script, it is possible for the attacker to break out of the squirrel script sandbox even if all dangerous functionality such as File System functions has been disabled. An attacker might abuse this bug to target (for example) Cloud services that allow customization via SquirrelScripts, or distribute …
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.0
Affected Packages2 packages
Also affects: Fedora 35, 36