{"id":59330,"date":"2025-07-12T14:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:46:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:13:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:13:48","slug":"cve-2025-30417-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-ni-circuit-design-suite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30417-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-ni-circuit-design-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-30417: Memory Corruption Vulnerability in NI Circuit Design Suite<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently identified a significant cybersecurity flaw labeled as CVE-2025-30417. This flaw, discovered in the National Instruments (NI) Circuit Design Suite, specifically affects the Library!DecodeBase64() function within the SymbolEditor. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8060-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac23-leading-to-stack-based-buffer-overflow\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67889\">vulnerability is concerning due to its potential to lead<\/a> to memory corruption, which may ultimately result in unauthorized information disclosure or arbitrary code execution. Users of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50738-memos-application-vulnerability-allows-for-unauthorized-user-information-disclosure\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69638\">NI Circuit Design<\/a> Suite 14.3.0 and prior versions need to pay special attention to this vulnerability. The impact of this flaw is severe and could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7837-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-t6-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71072\">lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage if not properly addressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-30417<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Opening a specially crafted .sym file<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31278-memory-corruption-vulnerability-with-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70363\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1889277201\" 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: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\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: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\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: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>NI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30420-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-ni-circuit-design-suite\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71071\">Circuit Design<\/a> Suite | 14.3.0 and prior versions<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30419-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-ni-circuit-design-suite\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68115\">memory corruption vulnerability<\/a> in the Library!DecodeBase64() function when using the SymbolEditor in NI Circuit Design Suite. The flaw occurs due to an out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8901-high-severity-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-angle-google-chrome\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78832\">bounds write<\/a> operation. The attacker crafts a malicious .sym file, which, when opened by a user, triggers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26074-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-orkes-conductor-v3-21-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66211\">vulnerability and executes the malicious code<\/a>, potentially leading to information disclosure or arbitrary code execution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3479009698\" 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>Below is a conceptual example of how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28946-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-bzotheme-printxtore\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66210\">vulnerability might be exploited using a crafted .sym file<\/a>. Note that this is a simplified representation and actual malicious files may be more complex.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Malicious .sym file content\nmalicious_payload = &quot;&quot;&quot;\nBASE64_ENCODED_PAYLOAD {\nexploit: &quot;OUT_OF_BOUNDS_WRITE&quot;,\ntarget_function: &quot;Library!DecodeBase64()&quot;\npayload: &quot;ARBITRARY_CODE&quot;\n}\n&quot;&quot;&quot;\n# Save the malicious payload in a .sym file\nwith open(&quot;exploit.sym&quot;, &quot;w&quot;) as file:\nfile.write(malicious_payload)<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The &#8216;exploit.sym&#8217; file is then sent to the target, who unknowingly opens it with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50067-critical-vulnerability-in-oracle-application-express-allowing-system-takeover\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67890\">vulnerable application<\/a>, thereby triggering the exploit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are recommended to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5391-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-woocommerce-purchase-orders-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81309\">order to mitigate this vulnerability<\/a>. As a temporary solution, users can employ Web Application Firewalls (WAF) or Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to block or alert on any suspicious activities. Furthermore, users should exercise caution when opening .sym files from untrusted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40920-weak-cryptographic-source-in-data-uuid-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79859\">sources to avoid falling victim to potential<\/a> attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently identified a significant cybersecurity flaw labeled as CVE-2025-30417. This flaw, discovered in the National Instruments (NI) Circuit Design Suite, specifically affects the Library!DecodeBase64() function within the SymbolEditor. The vulnerability is concerning due to its potential to lead to memory corruption, which may ultimately result in [&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":[80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59330","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=59330"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73757,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59330\/revisions\/73757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59330"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59330"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59330"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59330"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59330"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59330"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}