Local code execution via pool allocation overflow
Published May 22, 2025 · Updated May 22, 2025
Buffer overflow in Sandboxie-Plus Sandboxie before 1.15.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code through API_SET_SECURE_PARAM. Pool_Get_Large_Chunk adds alignment overhead to an attacker-controlled 32-bit size without detecting wraparound, allocates the resulting smaller buffer, and API_SET_SECURE_PARAM copies the original length into it. Low-privileged local access is required; successful exploitation targets kernel memory, although the vendor states that exploitability is unclear.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in Sandboxie-Plus Sandboxie before 1.15.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code through API_SET_SECURE_PARAM. Pool_Get_Large_Chunk adds alignment overhead to an attacker-controlled 32-bit size without detecting wraparound, allocates the resulting smaller buffer, and API_SET_SECURE_PARAM copies the original length into it. Low-privileged local access is required; successful exploitation targets kernel memory, although the vendor states that exploitability is unclear.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-46713
- Published
- May 22, 2025
- Updated
- May 22, 2025
- Vendor
- Sandboxie-Plus
- Product
- Sandboxie
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 22, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 0.0.1, , 1.15.12
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