{"id":53657,"date":"2025-06-19T22:47:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T22:47:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-05T17:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T23:20:18","slug":"cve-2025-25050-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-dell-controlvault3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25050-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-dell-controlvault3\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-25050: Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability in Dell ControlVault3<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-25050 vulnerability is a severe issue identified in Dell&#8217;s ControlVault3 firmware. This vulnerability, an out-of-bounds write flaw, affects both Dell ControlVault3 versions prior to 5.15.10.14 and Dell ControlVault 3 Plus versions prior to 6.2.26.36. If exploited, it could provide an attacker with the capacity to compromise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5853-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac6-router-may-lead-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60046\">systems or lead<\/a> to data leakage, making it a significant concern for organizations and individuals using the affected software. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30220-high-severity-xml-external-entity-xxe-vulnerability-in-geoserver-geotools-and-geonetwork\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60595\">severity of this vulnerability<\/a> underscores the need for immediate attention and remediation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-25050<br \/>\nSeverity: High, CVSS score of 8.8<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5901-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-t10-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60596\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1728595292\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Dell ControlVault3 | Prior to 5.15.10.14<br \/>\nDell ControlVault 3 Plus | Prior to 6.2.26.36<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24922-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-dell-controlvault3\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61433\">vulnerability lies in the cv_upgrade_sensor_firmware functionality of Dell<\/a> ControlVault3. The issue takes place when a specially crafted ControlVault API call is made, leading to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5943-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-microdicom-dicom-viewer\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61063\">out-of-bounds write<\/a>. This indicates that the vulnerability can be triggered by an attacker issuing an API call that causes the program to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31429-untrusted-data-deserialization-vulnerability-in-pressgrid-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60233\">write<\/a> data beyond its allocated memory space. This overflow of data can lead to corruption of valid data, potentially causing the system to crash or, even worse, allowing the attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2011-10007-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-file-find-rule-for-perl\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59997\">execute arbitrary code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-587871043\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a hypothetical example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. It should be noted that the following is a conceptual representation and may not work in a real-world scenario:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/api\/controlvault\/upgrade HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;firmware_version&quot;: &quot;6.2.26.35&quot;,\n&quot;sensor_data&quot;: &quot;Here would be the malicious payload causing an overflow...&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this request, the attacker would replace the &#8220;sensor_data&#8221; field with a malicious payload designed to exploit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2474-critical-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-qnx-sdp-s-pcx-image-codec\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60637\">out-of-bounds write vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recommended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39486-rankie-sql-injection-vulnerability-and-mitigation-measures\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63541\">mitigation for this vulnerability<\/a> is to apply the vendor patch as soon as possible. Dell has released updates for ControlVault3 and ControlVault3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45890-critical-directory-traversal-vulnerability-in-novel-plus-before-v-5-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63540\">Plus that address this vulnerability<\/a>. If immediate patching is not possible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation, although this does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50213-special-element-injection-vulnerability-in-apache-airflow-providers-snowflake\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64014\">provide complete protection against the vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-25050 vulnerability is a severe issue identified in Dell&#8217;s ControlVault3 firmware. This vulnerability, an out-of-bounds write flaw, affects both Dell ControlVault3 versions prior to 5.15.10.14 and Dell ControlVault 3 Plus versions prior to 6.2.26.36. If exploited, it could provide an attacker with the capacity to compromise systems or lead to data leakage, making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[86],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-53657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-buffer-overflow"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53657"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57561,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53657\/revisions\/57561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53657"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=53657"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=53657"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=53657"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=53657"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=53657"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=53657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}