CVE-2020-27874

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Feb 10, 2021
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Oct 27, 2020

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Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Tencent WeChat 7.0.18. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the WXAM Decoder. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory access past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-11580.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.08.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hzdi

Weaknesses

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Affected Products

ProductVersions
WeChatTencent
  • 7.0.18Affected

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