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CVE-2025-49850VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-49850: LS Electric GMWin 4 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Affects LS Electric GMWin 4Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.4 High.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.4High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 5% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Jun 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
LS Electric GMWin 4Affected
  • =4.18
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Restrict access to systems running GMWin 4 to trusted personnel only, minimizing the risk of untrusted users opening malicious PRJ files. 2. Implement strict file handling policies, including disabling or restricting the opening of PRJ files from unverified sources. 3. Employ application whitelisting and endpoint protection solutions that can detect anomalous behavior or memory corruption attempts within GMWin 4. 4. Conduct user training focused on the risks of opening untrusted project files and recognizing suspicious activity. 5. Monitor logs and system behavior for signs of exploitation attempts or crashes related to GMWin 4. 6. Coordinate with LS Electric for timely patch releases and apply updates as soon as they become available. 7. Consider network segmentation to isolate industrial control systems running GMWin 4 from general IT networks, reducing the attack surface. 8. Use sandboxing or virtualized environments for opening and testing PRJ files when possible to contain potential exploitation. These measures go beyond generic advice by focusing on operational controls, user behavior, and network architecture tailored to the industrial context of GMWin 4.

Description

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists within the parsing of PRJ files. The issues result from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in different memory corruption issues within the application, such as reading and writing past the end of allocated data structures.

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