#VU102801 Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft products - CVE-2025-21171

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#VU102801 Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft products - CVE-2025-21171

Published: January 15, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU102801
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21171
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
.NET for Linux
.NET for macOS
Visual Studio
PowerShell for Linux
PowerShell for macOS
.NET
PowerShell
Software vendor:
Microsoft

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in .NET. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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