CVE-2021-45910
Published: 28 December 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-45910 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Gif2Apng Project Gif2Apng. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 45.5% 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-2021-32625
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in gif2apng 1.9. There is a heap-based buffer overflow within the main function. It allows an attacker to write data outside of the allocated buffer. The attacker has control over a part of the address that…
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data is written to, control over the written data, and (to some extent) control over the amount of data that is written.
- 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.