LS Electric GMWin 4 4.18 PRJ File Parser out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in LS Electric GMWin 4 4.18. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component PRJ File Parser. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-49849. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in LS Electric GMWin 4 4.18. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component PRJ File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability exists within the parsing of PRJ files. The issues result from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in different memory corruption issues within the application, such as reading and writing past the end of allocated data structures.

The weakness was disclosed by Michael Heinzl as icsa-25-168-02. The advisory is shared at cisa.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-49849 since 06/11/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/17/2025).

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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• LS Electric

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• GMWin 4

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• 4.18

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