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 BMP 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-15134.
History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-787

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 19:45:00 +0000


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2022-09-15T15:26:36

Updated: 2025-01-07T18:54:21.860Z

Reserved: 2022-09-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-40661

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-09-15T16:15:12.683

Modified: 2025-04-10T20:40:16.880

Link: CVE-2022-40661

cve-icon Redhat

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