PT-2024-14938 · X Ways · Winhex

Rafael Pedrero · Published 2024-10-07 · Updated 2024-10-11 · CVE-2023-6362

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Winhex versions 16.1 SR-1 and 20.4

Description A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Winhex, affecting the Structured Exception Handler (SEH) registers. This could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument.

Recommendations For version 16.1 SR-1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For version 20.4, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of long filename arguments until a patch is available.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-6362

Affected Products

Winhex

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6362 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1843333226208588052 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1844241605626060848 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1844605864532943049 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1844241612932600152 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1844605871134851095 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1843309636159467895 · Twitter Post
• https://incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-vulnerabilities-winhex · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/97273 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/7243 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1844450609338122331 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1844450617005310422 · Twitter Post