Vulnerability CVE-2021-32559


Published: 2021-07-06

Description:
An integer overflow exists in pywin32 prior to version b301 when adding an access control entry (ACE) to an access control list (ACL) that would cause the size to be greater than 65535 bytes. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could crash the vulnerable process.

Type:

CWE-190

(Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Pywin32 project -> Pywin32 

 References:
https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/releases
https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2021-0017/FEYE-2021-0017.md

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