Out-of-bounds write in Teeworlds - CVE-2019-10878
Published: August 26, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20392
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10878
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Teeworlds
Affected software:
Teeworlds
Teeworlds
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in the "CDataFileReader::GetData()" and "CDataFileReader::ReplaceData()" and related functions in engine/shared/datafile.cpp. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds pointer write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10878
Install updates from vendor's website.