CVE-2021-39595
An issue was discovered in swftools through 20200710. A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the function rfx_alloc() located in mem.c. It allows an attacker to cause code Execution.
02 Description
An issue was discovered in swftools through 20200710. A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the function rfx_alloc() located in mem.c. It allows an attacker to cause code Execution.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 65.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-09-20 15:27Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 02:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-08-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- da037136b3bd90ca31322fd87e228ed9a21252f519d5bcf16cbfff46662929ad
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- swftools No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- swftools No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.