CVE-2025-9274

HIGH

Oxford Instruments Imaris Viewer - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

Oxford Instruments Imaris Viewer IMS File Parsing Uninitialized Pointer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Oxford Instruments Imaris Viewer. 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 IMS files. The issue results from the lack of proper initialization of a pointer prior to accessing it. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-21657.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-824
Status published

Affected Products (1)

oxinst/imaris_viewer

Timeline

Published Sep 02, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026