High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-40660
CVE-2022-40660
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NIKON NIS-Elements Viewer 1.2100.1483.0. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PSD images. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-15135.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:nikon:nis-elements_viewer:1.2100.1483.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:nikon:nis-elements_viewer:1.2100.1483.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = 1.2100.1483.0
- (no CPE)range: 1.2100.1483.0
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References
3- www.software-dl.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com/vuln/pdf/Vulnerabilities_on_NIS-Elements_Freeware_and_L_en_240917_02.pdfnvdVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1216/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.software-dl.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com/vuln/index.htmlnvdProduct
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