PT-2021-21282
CVE-2021-36531
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Published
2021-08-27
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Updated
2021-09-07
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
ngiflib version 0.4
Description
The issue is related to a heap overflow in the
GetByte() function at ngiflib.c:70 when operating in NGIFLIB NO FILE mode. This occurs because GetByte() reads from a memory buffer without properly checking its boundaries.Recommendations
For ngiflib version 0.4, consider applying a patch or fix that properly bounds the memory buffer read by the
GetByte() function to prevent the heap overflow. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
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