CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2018-7527 — We-Con Levistudio Hmi Editor security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 6.8

A buffer overflow can be triggered in LeviStudio HMI Editor, Version 1.10 part of Wecon LeviStudioU 1.8.29, and PI Studio HMI Project Programmer, Build: November 11, 2017 and prior by opening a specially crafted file.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.8 (2.0)
Published
2018-04-26
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-121, CWE-119

Affected products

  • we-con / levistudio_hmi_editor / 1.10
  • we-con / levistudiou
  • we-con / pi_studio_hmi_project_programmer

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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