CVE-2025-46269 (GCVE-0-2025-46269)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-18 21:11
Modified
2025-08-19 13:27
Severity ?
8.4 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
In Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt, Xenon, Argon, Lithium, and Cobalt Share versions prior to 12.6.1204.204, the affected applications lack proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing VC6 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.
References
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-224-01
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt Version: 0   < 12.6.1204.204
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   Ashlar-Vellum Xenon Version: 0   < 12.6.1204.204
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   Ashlar-Vellum Argon Version: 0   < 12.6.1204.204
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   Ashlar-Vellum Lithium Version: 0   < 12.6.1204.204
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   Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt Share Version: 0   < 12.6.1204.204
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