Description
Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt. 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 parsing of CO files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. . Was ZDI-CAN-19928.
Problem types
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Product status
Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt 12 beta build 1204.57
References
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-872/ (ZDI-23-872)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-872/ (ZDI-23-872)