CVE-2021-42543 (GCVE-0-2021-42543)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-05 15:39
Modified
2024-08-04 03:38
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-242 - Use of Inherently Dangerous Function
Summary
The affected application uses specific functions that could be abused through a crafted project file, which could lead to code execution, system reboot, and system shutdown.
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Impacted products
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