CVE-2021-44044
Published: 05 December 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-44044 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Opendesign Drawings Sdk. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 40.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-30903
Vulnerability details
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists when reading a JPG file using Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2022.11. The specific issue exists with parsing JPG files. Crafted data in a JPG (4 extraneous bytes before the marker 0xca) can trigger…
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a write operation past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
- 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.