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FKIE_CVE-2023-6362

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-10-07 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:50
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability has been discovered in Winhex affecting version 16.1 SR-1 and 20.4. This vulnerability consists of a buffer overflow controlling the Structured Exception Handler (SEH) registers. This could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument.
References
cve-coordination@incibe.eshttps://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-vulnerabilities-winhex
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:50:36.780",
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