DaviewIndy Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

published 2020-07-30 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28761

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits: 0; none known

DaviewIndy 8.98.4 and earlier version contain Heap-based overflow vulnerability, triggered when the user opens a malformed specific file that is mishandled by Daview.exe. Attackers could exploit this and arbitrary code execution.

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Exploit prediction

1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

HumanTalk DavieIndy

Classification

Weakness

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

boho.or.kr /krcert/secNoticeView.do?bulletin_writing_sequence=35539
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7829
NVD CVE-2020-7829

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