{"id":84537,"date":"2025-10-24T14:29:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:29:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-01T05:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T11:56:38","slug":"cve-2025-57778-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-digilent-dasylab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-57778-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-digilent-dasylab\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-57778: Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability in Digilent DASYLab<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This report discusses a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-57778, affecting all versions of Digilent DASYLab. The vulnerability stems from an out of bounds write error during the parsing of DSB files, which can result in arbitrary code execution. This puts systems and data at significant risk, emphasizing the importance of immediate mitigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-57778<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4380-critical-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-ads-pro-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92009\">Local file<\/a><br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43931-potential-system-compromise-via-flask-boilerplate-s-password-reset-feature\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91493\">Potential system compromise<\/a> and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3961158018\" 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>Digilent DASYLab | All versions<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of an out of bounds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43572-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-dimension-4-1-2-and-earlier-versions\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91511\">write vulnerability<\/a> in Digilent DASYLab. A threat actor crafts a malicious DSB file and convinces a user to open it. The software fails to properly check the bounds, leading to an invalid source address and enabling the attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45479-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-educoder-challenges-v1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91517\">execute arbitrary code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-288975518\" 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>This is a conceptual example of how a malicious DSB file might be delivered. The specific payload would vary based on the attacker&#8217;s objectives.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/sendfile HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/dsb\n{ &quot;file_data&quot;: &quot;base64_encoded_malicious_dsb_file&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Prevention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate the risk posed by CVE-2025-57778, users should immediately apply the patch provided by the vendor. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, use of a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. Users should also be educated on the risks of opening unknown or unexpected DSB files.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This report discusses a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-57778, affecting all versions of Digilent DASYLab. The vulnerability stems from an out of bounds write error during the parsing of DSB files, which can result in arbitrary code execution. This puts systems and data at significant risk, emphasizing the importance of immediate mitigation. Vulnerability Summary CVE ID: [&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-84537","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\/84537","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=84537"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85214,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84537\/revisions\/85214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84537"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=84537"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=84537"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=84537"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=84537"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=84537"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=84537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}