PT-2021-7910 · Plib+2 · Plib+2

Wooseok Kang · Published 2021-08-24 · Updated 2023-09-07 · CVE-2021-38714

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Plib versions 1.85 and earlier

Description The issue is caused by an integer overflow in the ssgLoadTGA() function, located in the src/ssg/ssgLoadTGA.cxx file. This could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker.

Recommendations For Plib versions 1.85 and earlier, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the ssgLoadTGA() function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-05297

CVE-2021-38714

DLA-2775-1

MGASA-2021-0476

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11600-1

USN-6353-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Plib

Ubuntu

References · 28

• 🔥 https://sourceforge.net/p/plib/bugs/55 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38714 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2021-0476 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2775 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05297 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/7HT3BKNAXLDY246UPUNRSBPGGVANRDOU · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6353-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0476.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2775-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5SML6W6Z2B6THT76VPUKUFYQJABODFU · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38714 · Security Note