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CVE-2021-30354 (GCVE-0-2021-30354)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-01 17:43 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:32
VLAI
Summary
Amazon Kindle e-reader prior to and including version 5.13.4 contains an Integer Overflow that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in function CJBig2Image::expand() and results in a memory corruption that leads to code execution when parsing a crafted PDF book.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-680 - Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Amazon Kindle e-reader Affected: All versions prior to and including 5.13.4
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