{"id":59772,"date":"2025-07-31T08:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:14:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-07T05:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:37:55","slug":"cve-2025-33077-local-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ibm-engineering-systems-design-rhapsody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33077-local-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ibm-engineering-systems-design-rhapsody\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-33077: Local Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving with new vulnerabilities emerging that pose significant threats to systems and data. One such vulnerability that has recently been identified is the CVE-2025-33077. This is related to IBM Engineering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47136-integer-underflow-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop-versions-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79704\">Systems Design Rhapsody versions<\/a> 9.0.2, 10.0, and 10.0.1. More concerning, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53076-critical-overread-buffers-vulnerability-in-samsung-s-rlottie\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66263\">vulnerability is capable of causing a stack-based buffer<\/a> overflow, which could potentially lead to system compromise and data leakage. This vulnerability matters because if successfully exploited, an attacker could <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=\"70132\">execute arbitrary<\/a> code on the system, thereby gaining control and possibly leading to serious consequences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-33077<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7419-critical-vulnerability-discovered-in-tenda-o3v2-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70133\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1211210727\" 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>IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody | 9.0.2<br \/>\nIBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody | 10.0<br \/>\nIBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody | 10.0.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50067-critical-vulnerability-in-oracle-application-express-allowing-system-takeover\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67116\">vulnerability stems from improper bounds checking within the IBM Engineering<\/a> Systems Design Rhapsody software. An attacker, exploiting this vulnerability, must have local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53763-improper-access-control-in-azure-databricks-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79800\">access to the system<\/a>. They would craft a malicious input designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7597-critical-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-ax1803-1-0-0-1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66973\">overflow the buffer<\/a>, thereby causing the system to write data beyond the intended boundary. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7805-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-fh451-1-0-0-9-leading-to-remote-buffer-overflow-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67663\">overflow can then lead<\/a> to the execution of arbitrary code, giving the attacker the ability to compromise the system or leak data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1967152617\" 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>The following is a conceptual example of how the exploit might look. It does not represent an actual working exploit, but rather demonstrates the fundamental logic an attacker might use.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">#include &lt;string.h&gt;\nint main(int argc, char *argv[]) {\nchar buffer[256];\nif (argc &gt; 1)\nstrcpy(buffer, argv[1]);\nreturn 0;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker could pass a string longer than 256 characters as an argument when running the program, causing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8168-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-d-link-dir-513-1-10\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67115\">buffer overflow<\/a>. This could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36600-dell-bios-improper-access-control-vulnerability-allows-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70131\">potentially allow an attacker to control<\/a> the instruction pointer, leading to arbitrary code execution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best course of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7734-critical-gitlab-ce-ee-vulnerability-allows-unauthorized-actions-by-attackers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79523\">action to mitigate this vulnerability<\/a> is to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. However, until then, it is recommended to use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to provide a temporary layer of protection. These systems can help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20217-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-snort-3-detection-engine-of-cisco-secure-firewall-threat-defense-software\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76933\">detect and prevent any attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving with new vulnerabilities emerging that pose significant threats to systems and data. One such vulnerability that has recently been identified is the CVE-2025-33077. This is related to IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody versions 9.0.2, 10.0, and 10.0.1. More concerning, this vulnerability is capable of causing a stack-based buffer [&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":[86,80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-buffer-overflow","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59772","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=59772"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72235,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59772\/revisions\/72235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59772"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59772"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59772"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59772"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59772"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59772"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}