BreakPoint Software, Hex Workshop Buffer Overflow vulnerability

Summary
This host has Hex Workshop installed and is prone to Stack based Buffer Overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and can cause denial-of-service. Impact Level: Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one For updates refer to http://www.bpsoft.com/downloads
Insight
Application fails to adequately sanitize user input data, which in turn leads to boundary error while processing of Intel .hex files.
Affected
BreakPoint Software, Hex Workshop version 6.0.1.4603 and prior on Windows.
References

Updated on 2017-03-28