CVE-2021-21812

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the command-line-parsing HandleFileArg functionality of AT&T Labs’ Xmill 0.7. Within the function HandleFileArg the argument filepattern is under control of the user who passes it in from the command line. filepattern is passed directly to...

CVE-2021-21812

CVE-2021-21812 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in AT&T Labs’ Xmill 0.7, specifically in the command-line parsing HandleFileArg function. The vulnerability stems from copying user-controlled filepattern data into a fixed-size buffer with strcpy, allowing a path provided on the command line...