High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-27874
CVE-2020-27874
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Tencent WeChat 7.0.18. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the WXAM Decoder. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory access past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-11580.
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References
1- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-084/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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