Bug 2025634 (CVE-2021-21898)

Summary:	CVE-2021-21898 librecad: out-of-bounds write in dwgCompressor:decompress18()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Michael Kaplan <mkaplan>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	hobbes1069, redhat, spotrh
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Description Michael Kaplan 2021-11-22 16:10:03 UTC

A code execution vulnerability exists in the dwgCompressor::decompress18() functionality of LibreCad libdxfrw 2.2.0-rc2-19-ge02f3580. A specially-crafted .dwg file can lead to an out-of-bounds write. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

References:

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1349

Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2021-11-22 16:10:21 UTC

Created librecad tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2025635]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2025636]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-11-22 16:20:17 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.