Vulnerability CVE-2022-40660


Published: 2022-09-15

Description:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NIKON NIS-Elements Viewer 1.2100.1483.0. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PSD images. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-15135.

Type:

CWE-122

(Heap-based Buffer Overflow)

 References:
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1216/

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