pev — security advisory
A Buffer Overflow vulnerabilityexists in Pev 0.81 via the pe_exports function from exports.c.. The array offsets_to_Names is dynamically allocated on the stack using exp->NumberOfFunctions as its size. However, the loop uses exp->NumberOfNames to iterate over it and set its components value. Therefore, the loop code assumes that exp->NumberOfFunctions is greater than ordinal at each iteration. This can lead to arbitrary code execution.
- Products
- pev
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.81-9
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-45423
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A Buffer Overflow vulnerabilityexists in Pev 0.81 via the pe_exports function from exports.c.. The array offsets_to_Names is dynamically allocated on the stack using exp->NumberOfFunctions as its size. However, the loop uses exp->NumberOfNames to iterate over it and set its components value. Therefore, the loop code assumes that exp->NumberOfFunctions is greater than ordinal at each iteration. This can lead to arbitrary code execution.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45423
pev
Fixed versions: 0.81-9
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T18:04:56.842404271Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2023-03-13T18:15:12.553+00:00"
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