CVE-2012-2915

critical

Published 2012-05-21 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Lattice Semiconductor PAC-Designer 6.2.1344 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a Value tag in a SymbolicSchematicData definition tag in PAC Design (.pac) file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/fileformat/lattice_pac_bof rank 300

Lattice Semiconductor PAC-Designer 6.21 Symbol Value Buffer Overflow

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
lattice_semiconductor	pac-designer	`6.2.1344`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.