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CVE-2021-21827

CVE-2021-21827 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.1 HIGH

Reported by talos · Published August 20, 2021

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XML Decompression DecodeTreeBlock functionality of AT&T Labs Xmill 0.7. Within `DecodeTreeBlock` which is called during the decompression of an XMI file, a UINT32 is loaded from the file and used as trusted input as the length of a buffer. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0
8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/aAT&TAT&T Labs Xmill 0.7, Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Control Expert 15
n/aAT&TAT&T Labs Xmill 0.7, Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Control Expert 15

Timeline

  • Aug 12, 2021 CVE Published
  • Aug 21, 2021 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Aug 21, 2021 PoC Published (3 in total, the first dated here)
  • Aug 3, 2024 CVE Updated
  • Jun 1, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Aug 26, 2026 Coalition ESS Score

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vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2021-21827

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2021-21827/fixes/registry"

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