CVE-2021-28874
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 6, 2021 at 12:08 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:47 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSerenityos
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
SerenityOS fixed as of c9f25bca048443e317f1994ba9b106f2386688c3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in LibTextCode through opening a crafted file.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2021-03-15
Affected range stops below 2021-03-15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/commit/c9f25bca048443e317f1994ba9b106f2386688c3x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/5769x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/5802CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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