(0Day) Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

June 15th, 2023
ZDI-23-869 ZDI-CAN-19876

CVE ID

CVE-2023-34309

CVSS Score

7.8 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Vendors

Ashlar-Vellum

Affected Products

Cobalt

Vulnerability Details

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 a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

Additional Details

01/11/23 – ZDI reported the vulnerability to the vendor.

01/12/23 – The vendor acknowledged the report.

06/07/23 – The ZDI asked for an update.

06/08/23 – The vendor states that the vulnerability would be fixed in a future build.

06/08/23 – The ZDI informed the vendor that the case will be published as a zero-day advisory on 06/15/23. 

-- Mitigation: Fixed in version 12.6.1204.208


Disclosure Timeline

  • 2023-01-11 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2023-06-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
  • 2026-06-18 - Advisory Updated

Credit

Anonymous

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