AccuSoft ImageGear 20.1 pictwread heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in AccuSoft ImageGear 20.1. Affected is the function pictwread. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-35002. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in AccuSoft ImageGear 20.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function pictwread. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. 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(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the pictwread functionality of Accusoft ImageGear 20.1. A specially crafted malformed file can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

The weakness was published 09/25/2023 as TALOS-2023-1760. The advisory is shared at talosintelligence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-35002 since 06/09/2023. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/06/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

06/09/2023 🔍
09/25/2023 +108 days 🔍
09/25/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/06/2025 +773 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: TALOS-2023-1760
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-35002 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-35002
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240305

Entryinfo

Created: 09/25/2023 19:33
Updated: 11/06/2025 11:23
Changes: 09/25/2023 19:33 (49), 11/06/2025 11:23 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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