PT-2024-17905 · Ashlar Vellum · Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt

Andrea Micalizzi + 1 · Published 2024-12-30 · Updated 2025-08-08 · CVE-2024-13048

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 vulnerability, as the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of XE files and results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability 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 vulnerability.

RCE

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13048

ZDI-24-1732

Affected Products

Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1732 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13048 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13048 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1873831302790582756 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/131467 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1873822538435829967 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/13953 · Telegram Post