What is CVE-2021-35297?

CVE-2021-35297 is a high-severity vulnerability in Scalabium Dbase Viewer, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-35297?

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

Buffer overflow in Scalabium Dbase Viewer

CVE-2021-35297

Scalabium dBase Viewer version 2.6 (Build 5.751) is vulnerable to remote code execution via a crafted DBF file that triggers a buffer overflow. An attacker can use the Structured Exception Handler (SEH) records and redirect execution to attacker-controlled code.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2021-10-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Scalabium Dbase Viewer — versions 2.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

govtech-csg.github.io/security-advisories/2021/09/18/CVE-2021-35297.html (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-35297?: CVE-2021-35297 is a high-severity vulnerability in Scalabium Dbase Viewer, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-35297?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.