{"id":81802,"date":"2025-10-05T18:31:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:31:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-28T12:32:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:32:38","slug":"cve-2025-49569-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-substance3d-viewer-potentially-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49569-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-substance3d-viewer-potentially-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-49569: Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability in Substance3D &#8211; Viewer Potentially Leading to Arbitrary Code Execution<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity community needs to be aware of a significant vulnerability that has been identified in Substance3D &#8211; Viewer versions 0.25 and earlier. This vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-49569, exposes users to potential system compromise and data leakage, with an associated CVSS Severity Score of 7.8. Given the severity of this issue, it is crucial to understand the nature of this vulnerability, its potential impact, and how it can be mitigated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-49569<br \/>\nSeverity: High &#8211; 7.8 (CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Arbitrary code execution, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9364-critical-open-database-issue-resulting-in-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89045\">potential system<\/a> compromise, and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-522692189\" 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>Substance3D &#8211; Viewer | 0.25 and earlier<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47132-adobe-framemaker-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89044\">out-of-bounds write<\/a> vulnerability in Substance3D &#8211; Viewer. An attacker can craft a malicious file that when opened by the victim, would trigger the vulnerability. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58755-high-risk-vulnerability-in-monai-ai-toolkit-allowing-system-file-overwrite\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88999\">vulnerability then allows<\/a> the attacker to write data outside the expected boundaries of allocated memory. This unanticipated behavior can lead to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9712-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-ivanti-endpoint-manager\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89108\">execution of arbitrary code<\/a> in the context of the current user. Consequently, the attacker can gain unauthorized access or control of the system, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9443-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-ch22-1-0-0-1-potentially-leads-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89012\">leading to potential system<\/a> compromise and data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1585587335\" 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30330-heap-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-illustrator-versions-29-3-28-7-5-and-earlier\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91698\">illustrating how the vulnerability<\/a> might be exploited. The malicious payload is embedded in a file that triggers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47133-adobe-framemaker-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89098\">out-of-bounds write<\/a> when opened.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">malicious_file.s3d:\n{\n&quot;header&quot;: &quot;standard S3D header&quot;,\n&quot;data&quot;: &quot;valid data&quot;,\n&quot;malicious_payload&quot;: &quot;code triggering out-of-bounds write&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>After the victim opens this file using Substance3D &#8211; Viewer, the malicious payload is executed, resulting in arbitrary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9872-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-ivanti-endpoint-manager-due-to-insufficient-filename-validation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89156\">code execution<\/a> in the context of the current user.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Substance3D &#8211; Viewer users are strongly advised to apply the vendor-supplied patch as soon as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-10534-critical-firefox-and-thunderbird-vulnerability-leading-to-possible-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89426\">possible to mitigate this vulnerability<\/a>. In the absence of the patch, users can also utilize Web Application Firewalls (WAF) or Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) as temporary mitigation measures to detect and block any attempts to exploit this vulnerability. As always, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9693-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-user-meta-user-profile-builder-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90564\">users are urged to avoid opening files<\/a> from untrusted sources, which is the primary attack vector for this vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity community needs to be aware of a significant vulnerability that has been identified in Substance3D &#8211; Viewer versions 0.25 and earlier. This vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-49569, exposes users to potential system compromise and data leakage, with an associated CVSS Severity Score of 7.8. Given the severity of this issue, it is crucial [&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-81802","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\/81802","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=81802"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84867,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81802\/revisions\/84867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81802"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=81802"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=81802"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=81802"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=81802"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=81802"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=81802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}