CVE-2023-40222

Feb. 4, 2025, 11:15 p.m.

7.8
High

Description

In Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt versions prior to v12 SP2 Build (1204.200), the affected application lacks proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing CO files. This could lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt
  • before v12 SP2 Build (1204.200)

Weaknesses

CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-299-03

Tags

CWE-122
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
2025-02-04
CVE-2023-40222

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

CVSS Data

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
    • View Vector String

    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Date

  • Published: Feb. 4, 2025, 11:15 p.m.
  • Last Modified: Feb. 4, 2025, 11:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov

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