Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt/Cobalt Share/Xenon/Argon/Lithium prior 12 SP2 Build heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt, Cobalt Share, Xenon, Argon and Lithium. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-40222. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt, Cobalt Share, Xenon, Argon and Lithium. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. 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. The summary by CVE is:

In Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt versions prior to v12 SP2 Build (1204.200), the affected application lacks proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing CO 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.

The weakness was presented by Michael Heinzl as icsa-23-299-03. The advisory is shared at cisa.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-40222 since 08/10/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 12 SP2 Build eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cobalt/Cobalt Share/Xenon/Argon/Lithium 12 SP2 Build

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08/10/2023 🔍
02/05/2025 +545 days 🔍
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09/16/2025 +223 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: icsa-23-299-03
Researcher: Michael Heinzl
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-40222 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-40222
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-294693

Entryinfo

Created: 02/05/2025 06:44
Updated: 09/16/2025 21:29
Changes: 02/05/2025 06:44 (76), 09/16/2025 21:29 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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