swftools up to 20201222 swfdump.c handleEditText heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in swftools up to 20201222. It has been rated as critical. This impacts the function handleEditText of the file swfdump.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-42195. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in swftools up to 20201222 (Programming Tool Software). This issue affects the function handleEditText of the file swfdump.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 06/03/2022 as 174. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-42195 since 10/11/2021. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Programming Tool Software

Name

swftools

Version

20201222

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/11/2021 🔍
06/03/2022 +235 days 🔍
06/03/2022 +0 days 🔍
06/05/2022 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 174
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-42195 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-42195
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-201089

Entryinfo

Created: 06/03/2022 08:08
Updated: 06/05/2022 12:22
Changes: 06/03/2022 08:08 (39), 06/05/2022 12:22 (1)
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