Sandboxie up to 1.15.11 on Windows API_GET_SECURE_PARAM buffer overflow

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Sandboxie up to 1.15.11 on Windows. Affected by this issue is the function API_GET_SECURE_PARAM. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-46714. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sandboxie up to 1.15.11 on Windows. This vulnerability affects the function API_GET_SECURE_PARAM. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Sandboxie is a sandbox-based isolation software for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. Starting in version 1.3.0 and prior to 1.15.12, API_GET_SECURE_PARAM has an arithmetic overflow leading to a small memory allocation and then a extremely large copy into the small allocation. Version 1.15.12 fixes the issue.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-46714 since 04/28/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

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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