Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt. 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 CO files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-19879.

Zero Day Initiative AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Zero Day Initiative CWE-822

Zero Day Initiative https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-871/ [No types assigned]