# CVE-2025-23236: Memory corruption in Defense Platform Home Edition

> A buffer overflow in Defense Platform Home Edition allows attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges on Windows systems.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g9mv-233h-m6qm

## What is CVE-2025-23236?

CVE-2025-23236 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Humming Heads Inc. Defense Platform Home Edition, published on 6 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Defense Platform Home Edition Ver.3.9.51.x and earlier. If an attacker performs a specific operation, SYSTEM privilege of the Windows system where the product is running may be obtained.

Weakness: CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23236?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hummingheads Defense Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-23236?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23236 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-23236 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23236 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Humming Heads Inc. Defense Platform Home Edition

- [CVE-2025-20094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20094/): Privilege escalation in Defense Platform Home Edition (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-22890](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22890/): Privilege escalation in Defense Platform Home Edition (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-22894](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22894/): Privilege escalation in Defense Platform Home Edition (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-24483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24483/): Null dereference in Defense Platform Home Edition (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-24845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24845/): Command injection in Defense Platform Home Edition (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23236 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23236 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Humming Heads Inc. Defense Platform Home Edition, published on 6 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23236 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Humming Heads Inc. Defense Platform Home Edition. 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-2025-23236/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23236/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23236
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23236
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23236

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23236/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.