CVE-2025-53705 HIGH

CVE-2025-53705: Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt, Xenon, Argon, Lithium, Cobalt Share Out-of-bounds Write

Vendor Ashlar-Vellum
Product Cobalt
Weakness CWE-787
Published August 18, 2025
Last update August 19, 2025

CVSS base score

8.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt, Xenon, Argon, Lithium, and Cobalt Share versions prior to 12.6.1204.204, the affected applications lack proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing CO files. This could lead to an out-of-bounds write. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 18, 2025 CVE published
August 19, 2025 Record updated