CVE-2011-10015
Cytel Studio <= 9.0 .CY3 File Stack Buffer Overflow
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- Aug 13, 2025
- Updated
- May 25, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 12, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 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 | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cytel StudioCytel Inc. |
|
References
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/cytel_studio_cy3.rbexploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17930exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18027exploit
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/cytel_1-adv.txttechnical-descriptionexploit
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110708215826/http://www.cytel.com/Software/LogXact.aspxproduct
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110708215830/http://www.cytel.com/Software/StatXact.aspxproduct
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110301000000*/http://www.cytel.com/Software/StatXact.aspxproduct
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cytel-studio-cy3-file-stack-buffer-overflowthird-party-advisory
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