Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libredwg package, versions [,0.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBREDWG-2368267
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 May 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 May 2021

CVE-2020-23861  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libredwg to version 0.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in LibreDWG 0.10.1 via the read_system_page function at libredwg-0.10.1/src/decode_r2007.c:666:5, which causes a denial of service by submitting a dwg file.

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