Security Resilience

CVE-2023-35126

Memory Safety in Justsystems Easy Postcard Max

Public PoCMemory Safety
Published
19 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0048 40th percentile
Risk Priority 57 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-35126 is a high-severity Improper Validation of Array Index (CWE-129) vulnerability in Justsystems Easy Postcard Max. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Steganography (T1001.002); ranked at the 40th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists within the parsers for both the "DocumentViewStyles" and "DocumentEditStyles" streams of Ichitaro 2023 1.0.1.59372 when processing types 0x0000-0x0009 of a style record with the type 0x2008. A specially crafted document can cause memory corruption, which…

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can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

CWE(s)
CWE-129CWE-787

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.002 Steganography Command And Control
Adversaries may use steganographic techniques to hide command and control traffic to make detection efforts more difficult.
attack.mitre.org →
T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation Command And Control
Adversaries may impersonate legitimate protocols or web service traffic to disguise command and control activity and thwart analysis efforts.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.002 Security Account Manager Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.004 LSA Secrets Credential Access
Adversaries with SYSTEM access to a host may attempt to access Local Security Authority (LSA) secrets, which can contain a variety of different credential materials, such as credentials for service accounts.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump the contents of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shadow</code> to enable offline password cracking.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-38128Same product: Justsystems Easy Postcard Max
CVE-2023-28573Shared CWE-129, CWE-787
CVE-2023-21650Shared CWE-129, CWE-787
CVE-2024-22181Shared CWE-129, CWE-787
CVE-2023-28567Shared CWE-129, CWE-787
CVE-2023-28558Shared CWE-129, CWE-787
CVE-2023-28565Shared CWE-129, CWE-787
CVE-2024-45144Shared CWE-787
CVE-2024-45026Shared CWE-787
CVE-2025-21735Shared CWE-787

Affected Assets

justsystems
easy postcard max
all versions
justsystems
ichitaro 2021
all versions
justsystems
ichitaro 2022
all versions
justsystems
ichitaro 2023
1.0.1.59372
justsystems
ichitaro government 10
all versions
justsystems
ichitaro government 8
all versions
justsystems
ichitaro government 9
all versions
justsystems
ichitaro pro 3
all versions
justsystems
ichitaro pro 4
all versions
justsystems
ichitaro pro 5
all versions
+9 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

ID.RA-01 partial match
blocks

Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover out-of-bounds write flaws so they can be remediated.

PR.PS-02 partial match
blocks

Patching or replacing vulnerable software directly eliminates known instances of this coding weakness.

PR.PS-06 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and bounds checking that prevent improper array indexing.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.7.2 Physical entry partial match
removes

References