{"id":84471,"date":"2025-10-24T02:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T02:28:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-28T08:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:19:58","slug":"cve-2025-57774-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-digilent-dasylab-resulting-in-arbitrary-code-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-57774-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-digilent-dasylab-resulting-in-arbitrary-code-execution\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-57774: Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability in Digilent DASYLab Resulting in Arbitrary Code Execution<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This report discusses CVE-2025-57774, a high-severity vulnerability affecting all versions of Digilent DASYLab. The vulnerability exposes systems to potential compromise and data leakage through out of bounds write due to improper bounds checking. It primarily affects users of the DASYLab software and is of significant concern due to its potential to allow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45479-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-educoder-challenges-v1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91515\">arbitrary code execution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-57774<br \/>\nSeverity: High, CVSS Score 7.8<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Opening a specially crafted DSB file<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: User-level<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Arbitrary code execution leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43931-potential-system-compromise-via-flask-boilerplate-s-password-reset-feature\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91485\">potential system compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3305758368\" 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>Digilent DASYLab | All versions<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52807-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-apuswp-kossy-ecommerce-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91382\">vulnerability lies in the DASYLab software&#8217;s handling of DSB files<\/a>. An attacker can craft a malicious DSB file that, when opened by a user, exploits an out of bounds write <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53501-critical-improper-access-control-vulnerability-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-scribunto-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91470\">vulnerability due to improper<\/a> bounds checking. This can result in invalid data being parsed, and potentially, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43571-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-substance3d-stager-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91531\">arbitrary code<\/a> execution. Consequently, an attacker could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20681-wlan-ap-driver-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91594\">potentially gain control of the system<\/a> or exfiltrate sensitive data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2355723474\" 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 conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is not actual exploit code, but rather an illustration of the concept:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Pseudo code representing a specially crafted DSB file\ndsb_file = open(&quot;malicious.dsb&quot;, &quot;w&quot;)\nbuffer = &quot;A&quot; * 5000  # Excessive data leading to out of bounds write\npayload = buffer + &quot;malicious code&quot;  # The arbitrary code to be executed\ndsb_file.write(payload)\ndsb_file.close()<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This pseudo code creates a malicious DSB file that contains a string of data exceeding the bounds that DASYLab expects, followed by the attacker&#8217;s malicious code. When a user opens this file in DASYLab, the software&#8217;s lack of proper bounds checking leads to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7091-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-belkin-f9k1122-1-00-33\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91381\">buffer overflow<\/a>, allowing the arbitrary code to be executed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This report discusses CVE-2025-57774, a high-severity vulnerability affecting all versions of Digilent DASYLab. The vulnerability exposes systems to potential compromise and data leakage through out of bounds write due to improper bounds checking. It primarily affects users of the DASYLab software and is of significant concern due to its potential to allow arbitrary code [&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-84471","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\/84471","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=84471"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84762,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84471\/revisions\/84762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84471"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=84471"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=84471"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=84471"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=84471"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=84471"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=84471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}