CVE-2021-31478

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-31478
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-15 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-03 15:08:00 UTC
DescriptionThis vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OpenText Brava! Desktop 16.6.3.84. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PDF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-12633.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-122

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opentext Brava! Desktop 16.6.3.84 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ZDI-21-618 | Zero Day Initiative N/A www.zerodayinitiative.com
OpenText Brava! MISC www.opentext.com Product
Opentext Brava! Desktop : Security vulnerabilities, CVEs Code Execution MISC www.cvedetails.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375693 OpenText Brava DesktopRemote Code Execution Vulnerability
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