PT-2024-17902 · Ashlar Vellum · Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt

Andrea Micalizzi + 1 · Published 2024-12-30 · Updated 2025-08-08 · CVE-2024-13045

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt. User interaction is required to exploit this issue, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of AR files, resulting from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute code in the context of the current process.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

RCE

Memory Corruption

Stack Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-121

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13045

ZDI-24-1729

Affected Products

Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13045 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1729 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13045 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1873831306343182832 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/13962 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1875421977751789775 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1873814857880867167 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/131464 · Telegram Post