Buffer overflow in Softmaker Planmaker 2021

CVE-2020-13580

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PlanMaker document parsing functionality of SoftMaker Office 2021’s PlanMaker application. A specially crafted document can cause the document parser to explicitly trust a length from a particular record type and use it to write a 16-bit null relative to a buffer allocated on the stack. Due to a lack of bounds-checking on this value, this can allow an attacker to write to memory outside of the buffer and controllably corrupt memory. This can allow an attacker to earn code execution under the context of the application. An attacker can entice the victim to open a document to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.707 (99.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

  • Softmaker Planmaker_2021 — versions 1014
  • N/a Softmaker Software — versions GmbH SoftMaker Office PlanMaker 2021 (Revision 1014)

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13580?
CVE-2020-13580 is a high-severity vulnerability in Softmaker Planmaker 2021, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-13580?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.