Code execution via dangling bit-writer buffer
Published Aug 22, 2023 · Updated Oct 3, 2024
Buffer overflow in the FLAC encoder before 1.4.0 allows context-dependent attackers to execute code through crafted encoder input. When bitwriter_grow_ cannot enlarge its allocation, safe_realloc_mul_2op_ frees the old buffer but leaves bw->buffer pointing to it, and later encoder writes use that dangling address. Reachability requires an application to encode attacker-controlled data and trigger allocation failure; the resulting memory corruption causes a process crash or code execution.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in the FLAC encoder before 1.4.0 allows context-dependent attackers to execute code through crafted encoder input. When bitwriter_grow_ cannot enlarge its allocation, safe_realloc_mul_2op_ frees the old buffer but leaves bw->buffer pointing to it, and later encoder writes use that dangling address. Reachability requires an application to encode attacker-controlled data and trigger allocation failure; the resulting memory corruption causes a process crash or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-22219
- Published
- Aug 22, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 3, 2024
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- Unknown vendor
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- Unknown product
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- CWE-120
- Attack vector
- local
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- Aug 22, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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