CVE-2011-10015: Stack Overflow

Description

Cytel Studio version 9.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow triggered by parsing a malformed .CY3 file. The vulnerability occurs when the application copies user-controlled strings into a fixed-size stack buffer (256 bytes) without proper bounds checking. Exploitation allows arbitrary code execution when the crafted file is opened.

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-121 CWE-121

References

Other References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/cytel_1-adv.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/cytel_studio_cy3.rb https://web.archive.org/web/20110301000000*/http://www.cytel.com/Software/StatXact.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20110708215826/http://www.cytel.com/Software/LogXact.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20110708215830/http://www.cytel.com/Software/StatXact.aspx https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17930 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18027 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cytel-studio-cy3-file-stack-buffer-overflow https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/cytel_studio_cy3.rb https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18027

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2011-10015? +

Cytel Studio version 9.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow triggered by parsing a malformed .CY3 file. The vulnerability occurs when the application copies user-controlled strings into a fixed-size stack buffer (256 bytes) without proper bounds checking. Exploitation allows arbitrary code execution when the crafted file is opened.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2011-10015? +

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