CVE-2021-42994
Published: 07 December 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-42994 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Donglify Donglify. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 22.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-29949
Vulnerability details
Donglify is affected by Buffer Overflow. IOCTL Handler 0x22001B in the Donglify above 1.0.12309 below 1.7.14110 allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OS crash) via specially crafted…
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I/O Request Packet.
- 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.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.