Advisories

Yasr 0.6.9-5 Buffer Overflow via Command-line Parameter

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • Yasr Screen Reader <= 0.6.9-5

CWE
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS
8.6
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Juan Sacco
Description
Yasr 0.6.9-5 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -p parameter. Attackers can invoke yasr with a crafted payload containing junk data, shellcode, and a return address to overwrite the stack and trigger code execution.

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