Out-of-bounds read in Drawings Explorer - CVE-2021-44423
Published: January 17, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59652
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44423
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Open Design Alliance
Affected software:
Drawings Explorer
Drawings Explorer
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the parsing of BMP files. A remote attacker can create a specially BMP crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-44423
Install updates from vendor's website.