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CVE-2021-26567 (GCVE-0-2021-26567)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-26 21:45 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:56
VLAI
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in frontend/main.c in faad2 before 2.2.7.1 allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code via filename and pathname options.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
github/knik0 faad2 Affected: unspecified , < 2.2.7.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-02-26 00:00
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