Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-39823 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Adobe Svg-Native-Viewer

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL

Summary

Adobe svg-native-viewer 8182d14dfad5d1e10f53ed830328d7d9a3cfa96d and earlier versions are affected by a heap buffer overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious .svg file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Adobe
1
OS
Linux
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Forced Integer Overflow
    This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.