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Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2020-25199

High
7.8/10

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists within the WECON LeviStudioU Release Build 2019-09-21 and prior when processing project files. Opening a specially crafted project file could allow an attacker to exploit and execute code under the privileges of the application.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

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().

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  • Published