Bug 2025634 (CVE-2021-21898) - CVE-2021-21898 librecad: out-of-bounds write in dwgCompressor:decompress18()
Summary: CVE-2021-21898 librecad: out-of-bounds write in dwgCompressor:decompress18()
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2021-21898
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2025635 2025636
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-11-22 16:10 UTC by Michael Kaplan
Modified: 2021-12-01 09:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-11-22 16:20:19 UTC
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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.

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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.
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