# CVE-2018-10598: Memory corruption in CNCSoft with ScreenEditor

> Out-of-bounds read in CNCSoft ScreenEditor allows remote code execution with administrator privileges via malicious project files.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wp6v-hmrg-73q2

## What is CVE-2018-10598?

CVE-2018-10598 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in ICS-CERT CNCSoft with ScreenEditor, published on 13 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

CNCSoft Version 1.00.83 and prior with ScreenEditor Version 1.00.54 has two out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities could cause the software to crash due to lacking user input validation for processing project files. Which may allow an attacker to gain remote code execution with administrator privileges if exploited.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10598?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Deltaww Cncsoft, Deltaww Screeneditor.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-10598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-10598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ICS-CERT CNCSoft with ScreenEditor

- [CVE-2018-10636](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10636/): Memory corruption in CNCSoft with ScreenEditor (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-4634](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4634/): CVE-2022-4634 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-1405](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1405/): Delta Electronics CNCSoft Stack-based Buffer Overflow (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-43982](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43982/): Delta Electronics CNCSoft (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-47724](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47724/): Out-of-bounds Write in CNCSoft (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-10598 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-10598 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in ICS-CERT CNCSoft with ScreenEditor, published on 13 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ICS-CERT CNCSoft with ScreenEditor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10598/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10598/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10598
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10598
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10598

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10598/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.