Buffer overflow in Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC) Encoder - CVE-2021-43086
Published: March 7, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61056
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-2021-43086
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Arm Software
Affected software:
Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC) Encoder
Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC) Encoder
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the "compress_symbolic_block_for_partition_2planes()" function in "/Source/astcenc_compress_symbolic.cpp. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-43086
Install updates from vendor's website.