CVE-2021-28874

Published: Apr 6, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

SerenityOS fixed as of c9f25bca048443e317f1994ba9b106f2386688c3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in LibTextCode through opening a crafted file.

Affected (1)

Products: Serenityos: Serenityos

Serenityos

1 product

Serenityos

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Serenityos Serenityos	Before 2021-03-15

Related CWEs

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

References (6)

https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/commit/c9f25bca048443e317f1994ba9b106f2386688c3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/5769

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/5802

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/commit/c9f25bca048443e317f1994ba9b106f2386688c3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/5769

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/5802

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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