CVE-2024-0645 — Buffer overflow vulnerability in Explorer++ affecting version 1

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Explorer++ affecting version 1.3.5.531. A local attacker could execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument by monitoring Structured Exception Handler (SEH) records.

01What is this vulnerability?

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Explorer++ affecting version 1.3.5.531. A local attacker could execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument by monitoring Structured Exception Handler (SEH) records.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
explorerplusplus	Explorer++.exe	1.3.5.531

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-01-17T13:47:48.575Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-10T18:14:36.621Z

09References

• www.incibe.es — https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/buffer-overflow-vulnerability…