VDB-309107 · CVE-2025-30417 · EUVD-2025-15172

NI Circuit Design Suite up to 14.3.0 DecodeBase64 out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in NI Circuit Design Suite up to 14.3.0. The impacted element is the function DecodeBase64. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-30417. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in NI Circuit Design Suite up to 14.3.0. This issue affects the function DecodeBase64. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

There is a memory corruption vulnerability due to an out of bounds write in Library!DecodeBase64() when using the SymbolEditor in NI Circuit Design Suite. This vulnerability may result in information disclosure or arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to get a user to open a specially crafted .sym file. This vulnerability affects NI Circuit Design Suite 14.3.0 and prior versions.

The weakness was disclosed by Michael Heinzl. It is possible to read the advisory at ni.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-30417 since 03/21/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/15/2025).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-15172). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

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Circuit Design Suite

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Timelineinfo

03/21/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ni.com
Researcher: Michael Heinzl
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-30417 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-30417
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-309107
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/15/2025 21:05
Updated: 05/15/2025 21:25
Changes: 05/15/2025 21:05 (74), 05/15/2025 21:25 (1)
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