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CWE-127

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CWE-127

Buffer Under-read

Variant
Draft

Description

The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations prior to the targeted buffer.

Common Consequences

Scope

Confidentiality

Impact

Read Memory

Scope

Confidentiality

Impact

Bypass Protection Mechanism

CVE-2021-40985

HTML conversion package has a buffer under-read, allowing a crash

Applicable Platforms

Memory-Unsafe
C
C++

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