CVE-2023-4590

CVSS 3.1 Score 9.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Nov 27, 2023
Updated: Dec 19, 2023
CWE ID 120

Summary

CVE-2023-4590 is a buffer overflow vulnerability that affects Frhed hex editor version 1.6.0. An attacker can exploit this issue by providing a long filename argument, which overflows the buffer and corrupts the Structured Exception Handler (SEH) registers. This could potentially allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code, posing a serious security risk. Users of Frhed hex editor are advised to upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

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