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1 vulnerability found for Wave by Grandstream Networks
CVE-2025-40979 (GCVE-0-2025-40979)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-10 11:35
Modified
2025-09-10 20:23
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
DLL search order hijacking vulnerability in the wave.exe executable for Windows 11, version 1.27.8. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code by placing an arbitrary file in the 'C:\Users<user>\AppData\Local\Temp' directory, which could lead to arbitrary code execution and persistence. This vulnerability is only replicable in versions of Windows 11 and does not affect earlier versions.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandstream Networks | Wave |
Version: 0 < 1.27.11 |
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