{"id":59355,"date":"2025-07-13T15:55:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T15:55:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-27T02:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:05:26","slug":"cve-2025-46714-sandboxie-api-get-secure-param-arithmetic-overflow-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46714-sandboxie-api-get-secure-param-arithmetic-overflow-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-46714: Sandboxie API_GET_SECURE_PARAM Arithmetic Overflow Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-46714 is a significant vulnerability that poses a severe risk to Sandboxie users, a widely utilized sandbox-based isolation software for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. This vulnerability exists in versions 1.3.0 to 1.15.11, leaving a large number of users potentially exposed to system compromise or data leakage. An arithmetic overflow in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46713-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-sandboxie-s-memory-allocation-subsystem\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68564\">API_GET_SECURE_PARAM<\/a> can lead to a small memory allocation followed by a large copy into this small allocation, which can potentially be used by attackers to exploit the system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-46714<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49691-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-windows-media-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72120\">System compromise and potential<\/a> data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3867291035\" 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>Sandboxie | 1.3.0 to 1.15.11<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of an arithmetic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9779-totolink-a702r-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-the-function-sub-4162dc\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85137\">overflow in the API_GET_SECURE_PARAM function<\/a> of Sandboxie. This overflow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32451-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-foxit-reader-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74459\">leads to a small memory<\/a> allocation. An attacker can then make an extremely large copy into the small allocation, causing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8159-critical-remote-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-d-link-dir-513-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67412\">buffer overflow<\/a> condition. With carefully crafted input, an attacker could potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54416-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-tj-actions-branch-names-github-action\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69937\">execute arbitrary<\/a> code, leading to system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-604736152\" 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>While a specific exploit code is not provided here to prevent misuse, a conceptual example might look like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">#include &lt;Windows.h&gt;\n#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;\n#define API_GET_SECURE_PARAM 1\nint main()\n{\nDWORD dwSize = 0xFFFFFFFF;\nDWORD dwData;\nDWORD dwReturnedSize;\n\/\/ This call to API_GET_SECURE_PARAM will trigger an arithmetic overflow\nSystemParametersInfo(API_GET_SECURE_PARAM, dwSize, &amp;dwData, 0, &amp;dwReturnedSize);\nreturn 0;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This C code defines a very large size for the buffer, which when passed to the API_GET_SECURE_PARAM function, causes an arithmetic overflow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7460-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-t6-leads-to-buffer-overflow\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67413\">leading to a small buffer<\/a> allocation. If an attacker can control the data being copied into this buffer, they could potentially exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33077-local-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ibm-engineering-systems-design-rhapsody\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68565\">vulnerability to compromise the system<\/a> or leak data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are urged to apply the vendor patch immediately. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46198-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-grav-versions-1-7-46-to-1-7-48\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69936\">vulnerability is fixed in version<\/a> 1.15.12 of Sandboxie. If a patch cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary mitigation might help prevent a potential attack. Nevertheless, these are not long-term solutions, and the patch should be applied as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-46714 is a significant vulnerability that poses a severe risk to Sandboxie users, a widely utilized sandbox-based isolation software for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. This vulnerability exists in versions 1.3.0 to 1.15.11, leaving a large number of users potentially exposed to system compromise or data leakage. An arithmetic overflow in the [&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":[82],"product":[],"attack_vector":[86],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-microsoft","attack_vector-buffer-overflow"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59355","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=59355"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77924,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59355\/revisions\/77924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59355"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59355"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59355"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59355"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59355"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59355"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}