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.
Published: 2021-07-06
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-0214 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hwfp-hg2m-9vr2 Integer overflow in pywin32
History

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mhammond
Mhammond pywin32
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pywin32_project:pywin32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mhammond:pywin32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Pywin32 Project
Pywin32 Project pywin32
Mhammond
Mhammond pywin32

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Mhammond Pywin32
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:25:30.883Z

Reserved: 2021-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-32559

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-07-06T12:15:21.887

Modified: 2025-03-27T14:43:05.030

Link: CVE-2021-32559

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