MSRC_CVE-2021-46878
Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2023-04-01 00:00 - Updated: 2023-05-25 00:00Summary
An issue was discovered in Treasure Data Fluent Bit 1.7.1 erroneous parsing in flb_pack_msgpack_to_json_format leads to type confusion bug that interprets whatever is on the stack as msgpack maps and arrays leading to use-after-free. This can be used by an attacker to craft a specially craft file and trick the victim opening it using the affect software triggering use-after-free and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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