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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-5248 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.
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History

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 13 Aug 2025 20:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Cytel Studio <= 9.0 .CY3 File Stack Buffer Overflow
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-14T14:31:50.708Z

Reserved: 2025-08-12T20:36:14.789Z

Link: CVE-2011-10015

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-14T14:31:39.576Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-13T21:15:28.910

Modified: 2025-08-14T15:15:30.383

Link: CVE-2011-10015

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