CVE-2025-2017

Code execution via unchecked CO file copy

Published Mar 11, 2025 · Updated Mar 12, 2025

Buffer overflow in Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt 12.0.1204.91 allows remote attackers to execute code through a crafted CO file. The CO-file parser copies user-supplied data into a buffer without first validating that the supplied length fits the destination. Exploitation requires a user to open the file or visit a malicious page, and successful code runs in the context of the current process.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.27%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Buffer overflow in Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt 12.0.1204.91 allows remote attackers to execute code through a crafted CO file. The CO-file parser copies user-supplied data into a buffer without first validating that the supplied length fits the destination. Exploitation requires a user to open the file or visit a malicious page, and successful code runs in the context of the current process.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-2017
Published
Mar 11, 2025
Updated
Mar 12, 2025
Vendor
Ashlar-Vellum
Product
Cobalt
Classifications
CWE-120, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=1204.91

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Ashlar-Vellum · Cobaltversion=1204.91

Published CVSS scores

7.8Zero Day InitiativeCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
T1204.002Malicious File

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