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Stack-based buffer overflow in NJStar Chinese and...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in NJStar Chinese and Japanese Word Processor 4.x and 5.x before 5.10 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via font names in NJStar (.njx) documents.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 21, 2006
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Apr 3, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(83rd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2006-0807

GHSA ID

GHSA-xmrj-59xp-4fhf

Source code

No known source code

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