PT-2022-11557 · Swftools · Swftools

Cxlzffo · Published 2022-05-31 · Updated 2022-06-09 · CVE-2021-42195

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions swftools versions prior to 20201223

Description An issue exists in the function handleEditText() located in swfdump.c, allowing a heap-buffer-overflow. This enables an attacker to cause code execution.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20201223, update to a version newer than 20201222 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the handleEditText() function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-42195

Affected Products

Swftools

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/174 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42195 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42195 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42195 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42195 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42195 · Security Note