Ashlar-Vellum Graphite 13_SE_13048 VC6 File Parser heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in Ashlar-Vellum Graphite 13_SE_13048. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component VC6 File Parser. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-13050. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Ashlar-Vellum Graphite 13_SE_13048. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component VC6 File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Ashlar-Vellum Graphite VC6 File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Ashlar-Vellum Graphite. 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 VC6 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-24976.

The advisory is available at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-13050 since 12/30/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/04/2025).

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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• Ashlar-Vellum

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• Graphite

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• 13_SE_13048

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• commercial

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