Out-of-bounds read in Secure Anywhere - CVE-2021-40424

 

Out-of-bounds read in Secure Anywhere - CVE-2021-40424

Published: March 17, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU61430
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40424
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Webroot Software, Inc.
Affected software:
Secure Anywhere

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the IOCTL GetProcessCommandLine. A local attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-40424

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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