CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-40657
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2022-09-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
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 files. Crafted data in a PSD file can trigger a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-15073.
Affected configurations
• nikon nis-elements viewer 1.2100.1483.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1213/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.software-dl.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com/vuln/index.html Product
- https://www.software-dl.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com/vuln/pdf/Vulnerabilities_on_NIS-Elements_Freeware_and_L_en_240917_02.pdf Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1213/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry