Photodex ProShow Producer 5.0.3256 Plugin Load List File stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Photodex ProShow Producer 5.0.3256. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Plugin Load List File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-10051. The attack needs to be approached locally. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Photodex ProShow Producer 5.0.3256. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Plugin Load List File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Photodex ProShow Producer version 5.0.3256 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the handling of plugin load list files. When a specially crafted load file is placed in the installation directory, the application fails to properly validate its contents, leading to a buffer overflow when the file is parsed during startup. Exploitation requires local access to place the file and user interaction to launch the application.

The weakness was presented by Julien Ahrens. The advisory is shared at raw.githubusercontent.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-10051 since 08/08/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 databases at Exploit-DB (19563) and EUVD (EUVD-2012-6585). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Photodex

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• ProShow Producer

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• 5.0.3256

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• end of life

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