CVE-2025-2017 — Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt CO File Parsing Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt CO File Parsing Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected instal…
Published: 2025-03-11 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.0
Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt CO File Parsing Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of CO files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25240.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7