CVE-2021-42199
Published: 02 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-42199 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Swftools Swftools. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 23.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-29181
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in swftools through 20201222. A heap buffer overflow exists in the function swf_FontExtract_DefineTextCallback() located in swftext.c. It allows an attacker to cause code execution.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.