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    CVE-2011-10015 (GCVE-0-2011-10015)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 20:33 – Updated: 2026-05-25 23:40 Unsupported When Assigned
    VLAI
    Title
    Cytel Studio <= 9.0 .CY3 File Stack Buffer Overflow
    Summary
    Cytel Studio version 9.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow triggered by parsing a malformed .CY3 file. The vulnerability occurs when the application copies user-controlled strings into a fixed-size stack buffer (256 bytes) without proper bounds checking. Exploitation allows arbitrary code execution when the crafted file is opened.
    Severity
    9.3 (Critical)
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    Cytel Inc. Cytel Studio Affected: 0 , ≤ 9.0 (custom)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2011-10-04 00:00
    Credits
    Luigi Auriemma
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