CVE-2023-6362 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-6362

A vulnerability has been discovered in Winhex affecting version 16.1...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Rafael Pedrero

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WinHex
Vulnerable Versions:
16.1 SR-1, 20.4

Timeline

Official Publish: October 7th, 2024
Last Modified: October 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)