Double Free in Nitro Pro - CVE-2021-21797
Published: October 15, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57384
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21797
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the JavaScript implementation. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted document, trigger double free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Nitro Pro
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
How to mitigate CVE-2021-21797
Install updates from vendor's website.
Nitro Pro - update to 13.49.2.993
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 3.5.1
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 3.5.1