CVE-2021-1527
MEDIUMCisco Webex Player < 41.5 - Memory Corruption via Malicious WRF File
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in Cisco Webex Player for Windows and MacOS could allow an attacker to cause the affected software to terminate or to gain access to memory state information that is related to the vulnerable application. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of values in Webex recording files that are stored in Webex Recording Format (WRF). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious WRF file to a user as a link or email attachment and then persuading the user to open the file with the affected software on the local system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to crash the affected software and view memory state information.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webex-player-kxtkFbnR
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0054
EPSS Percentile
67.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
cisco/webex_player
< 41.5 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Jun 04, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026