Sandboxie up to 1.15.11 on Windows API_SET_SECURE_PARAM buffer overflow

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Sandboxie up to 1.15.11 on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is the function API_SET_SECURE_PARAM. Performing a manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-46713. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sandboxie up to 1.15.11 on Windows. This affects the function API_SET_SECURE_PARAM. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sandboxie is a sandbox-based isolation software for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. Starting in version 0.0.1 and prior to 1.15.12, API_SET_SECURE_PARAM may have an arithmetic overflow deep in the memory allocation subsystem that would lead to a smaller allocation than requested, and a buffer overflow. Version 1.15.12 fixes the issue.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-46713 since 04/28/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 1.15.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Sandboxie

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• 1.15.0
• 1.15.1
• 1.15.2
• 1.15.3
• 1.15.4
• 1.15.5
• 1.15.6
• 1.15.7
• 1.15.8
• 1.15.9
• 1.15.10
• 1.15.11

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