spimsimulator spim up to 9.1.24 System Call READ_SYSCALL/WRITE_SYSCALL buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in spimsimulator spim up to 9.1.24. The affected element is the function READ_SYSCALL/WRITE_SYSCALL of the component System Call Handler. Performing a manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-29364. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in spimsimulator spim up to 9.1.24. This affects the function READ_SYSCALL/WRITE_SYSCALL of the component System Call Handler. 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:

spimsimulator spim v9.1.24 and before is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the READ_SYSCALL and WRITE_SYSCALL system calls. The application verifies the legitimacy of the starting and ending addresses for memory read/write operations. By configuring the starting and ending addresses for memory read/write to point to distinct memory segments within the virtual machine, it is possible to circumvent these checks.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-29364 since 03/11/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/28/2025).

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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Vendor

• spimsimulator

Name

• spim

Version

• 9.1.0
• 9.1.1
• 9.1.2
• 9.1.3
• 9.1.4
• 9.1.5
• 9.1.6
• 9.1.7
• 9.1.8
• 9.1.9
• 9.1.10
• 9.1.11
• 9.1.12
• 9.1.13
• 9.1.14
• 9.1.15
• 9.1.16
• 9.1.17
• 9.1.18
• 9.1.19
• 9.1.20
• 9.1.21
• 9.1.22
• 9.1.23
• 9.1.24

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