CVE-2021-44422
An Improper Input Validation Vulnerability exists when reading a BMP file using Open Design...
An Improper Input Validation Vulnerability exists when reading a BMP file using Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2022.12. Crafted data in a BMP file can trigger a write operation past the end of an allocated buffer, or lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An Improper Input Validation Vulnerability exists when reading a BMP file using Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2022.12. Crafted data in a BMP file can trigger a write operation past the end of an allocated buffer, or lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
- Record
CVE-2021-44422- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An Improper Input Validation Vulnerability exists when reading a BMP file using Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2022.12. Crafted data in a BMP file can trigger a write operation past the end of an allocated buffer, or lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
- Record
CVE-2021-44422- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-31263 No score
An Improper Input Validation Vulnerability exists when reading a BMP file using Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2022.12. Crafted data in a BMP file can trigger a write operation past the end of an allocated buffer, or lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
- Record
EUVD-2021-31263- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4px7-qcwc-69rh No score
An Improper Input Validation Vulnerability exists when reading a BMP file using Open Design...
An Improper Input Validation Vulnerability exists when reading a BMP file using Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2022.12. Crafted data in a BMP file can trigger a write operation past the end of an allocated buffer, or lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
- Record
GHSA-4px7-qcwc-69rh- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-44422 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Opendesign Drawings Sdk, published December 21, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.90%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.