CVE-2021-25178: opendesign drawings_software_development_kit Out-of-bounds Write

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-25178 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in opendesign drawings_software_development_kit. EPSS estimates a 3.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 18-01-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2021.11. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when the recover operation is run with malformed .DXF and .DWG files. This can allow attackers to cause a crash potentially enabling a denial of service attack (Crash, Exit, or Restart) or possible code execution.

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.