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CVE-2021-32490 (GCVE-0-2021-32490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-24 18:18 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:17
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Summary
A flaw was found in djvulibre-3.5.28 and earlier. An out of bounds write in function DJVU::filter_bv() via crafted djvu file may lead to application crash and other consequences.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a djvulibre Affected: djvulibre-3.5.28 and earlier
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