Buffer overflow in Sweetscape 010 Editor
CVE-2019-12553
In SweetScape 010 Editor 9.0.1, improper validation of arguments in the internal implementation of the StrCat function (provided by the scripting engine) allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary memory, which could lead to code execution.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sweetscape 010 Editor — versions 9.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.sweetscape.com/010editor/release_notes.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/ereisr00/bagofbugz/blob/master/010Editor/strcat_heap_overflow.bt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-12553?
- CVE-2019-12553 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sweetscape 010 Editor, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-06-05.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12553?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-12553 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.