Vulnerability in Juce

CVE-2021-23521

This affects the package juce-framework/JUCE before 6.1.5. This vulnerability is triggered when a malicious archive is crafted with an entry containing a symbolic link. When extracted, the symbolic link is followed outside of the target dir allowing writing arbitrary files on the target host. In some cases, this can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerable code is in the ZipFile::uncompressEntry function in juce_ZipFile.cpp and is executed when the archive is extracted upon calling uncompressTo() on a ZipFile object.

EPSS: 0.005 (42.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

  • Juce
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23521?
CVE-2021-23521 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juce, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2021-23521?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.