Resource exhaustion in Opendesign Drawings Software Development Kit
CVE-2021-25173
An issue was discovered in Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2021.12. A memory allocation with excessive size vulnerability exists when reading malformed DGN files, which allows attackers to cause a crash, potentially enabling denial of service (crash, exit, or restart).
EPSS: 0.023 (81.4th 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
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-25173?
- CVE-2021-25173 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opendesign Drawings Software Development Kit, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-01-18.
- How severe is CVE-2021-25173?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.