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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-3888
CVE-2021-3888:
Homebrew vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
libmobi is affected by a Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset vulnerability identified as CVE-2021-3888. The vulnerability was discovered in 2021 and affects the libmobi library, which is used for handling MOBI format files (Debian Tracker).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-823 (Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset) and CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer) (NVD CNA).
Impact
The vulnerability could potentially lead to memory corruption issues when processing malformed MOBI files, which could affect the stability and security of applications using the libmobi library.
Mitigation and workarounds
A fix has been implemented in the libmobi repository to address the out-of-buffer read issue while parsing corrupt files (GitHub Patch).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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