WinAsm WinAsm Studio 5.1.5.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in WinAsm WinAsm Studio 5.1.5.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1040. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WinAsm WinAsm Studio 5.1.5.0 (Programming Tool Software) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in WinAsm Studio 5.1.5.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted project (.wap) file.

The bug was discovered 03/16/2009. The weakness was disclosed 03/20/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1040 since 03/20/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/19/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Perl and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116307 (WinAsm Studio ".wap" Project File Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

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 X-Force (49266), Exploit-DB (8224), SecurityFocus (BID 34132†), OSVDB (52776†) and Secunia (SA34309†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 900532
OpenVAS Name: WinAsm Studio Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-1040 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1040
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47237
X-Force: 49266
SecurityFocus: 34132 - WinAsm Studio '.wap' Project File Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 34309 - WinAsm Studio Project File Processing Buffer Overflow, Less Critical
OSVDB: 52776 - WinAsm Studio WAP Project File Handling Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 21440 - WinAsm Studio 5.1.5.0 Remote Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability via Crafted .wap File, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 04/19/2025 23:37
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (74), 08/31/2019 17:03 (2), 11/24/2024 22:44 (20), 04/19/2025 23:37 (3)
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