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TI-2022-19298 Aliases CVE-2022-40655GHSA-ppmm-vg73-p2w2

Heap-based buffer overflow in NIKON NIS-Elements Viewer

Priority LOW 38CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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 ND2 files. 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-15071.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01098 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NIKONNIS-Elements Viewer1.2100.1483.0—No fix listedCNA
  • NIS-Elements Viewer VendorNIKON Affected 1.2100.1483.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nikon:nis-elements_viewer:1.2100.1483.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2100.1483.0VulnerableNIKON
  • cpe:2.3:a:nikon:nis-elements_viewer:1.2100.1483.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2100.1483.0 Vulnerable ·NIKON

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-40655
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ppmm-vg73-p2w2

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2022-19305 Out-of-bounds read in NIKON NIS-Elements Viewer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2022-19306 Out-of-bounds read in NIKON NIS-Elements Viewer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2022-19302 Out-of-bounds write in NIKON NIS-Elements Viewer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2022-19300 Out-of-bounds write in NIKON NIS-Elements Viewer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2022-19304 Heap-based buffer overflow in NIKON NIS-Elements Viewer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2022-19303 Heap-based buffer overflow in NIKON NIS-Elements Viewer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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