CVE-2025-7979
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-09-17
Last updated on: 2025-09-22
Assigner: Zero Day Initiative
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| ashlar | graphite | 13.0.48 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-121 | A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a stack-based buffer overflow in Ashlar-Vellum Graphite's VC6 file parsing. It occurs because the software does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data before copying it to a stack buffer. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into opening a malicious file or visiting a malicious page, which allows the attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the current process.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
If exploited, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on your system with the privileges of the affected application. This can lead to unauthorized actions such as data theft, system compromise, or further malware installation. Exploitation requires user interaction, such as opening a malicious file or visiting a malicious webpage.