What is CVE-2021-28874?

CVE-2021-28874 is a high-severity vulnerability in Serenityos, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-04-06.

How severe is CVE-2021-28874?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Serenityos

CVE-2021-28874

SerenityOS fixed as of c9f25bca048443e317f1994ba9b106f2386688c3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in LibTextCode through opening a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (60.7th 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

Serenityos
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28874?: CVE-2021-28874 is a high-severity vulnerability in Serenityos, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-04-06.
How severe is CVE-2021-28874?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.