JVNVU#99837984
Panasonic Industry MINAS A5/A6 USB device drivers for Windows vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview

MINAS A5/A6 USB device drivers for Windows provided by Panasonic Industry Co., Ltd. contain a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Products Affected

The affected device drivers are contained in the following software.

• PANATERM v6 versions 6.0.13.0 and earlier
• PANATERM for Multi versions 6.2.3.1 and earlier
• PANATERM v7 versions 7.5.0.0 and earlier
• RTEX LogReader versions 15.0.0.591 and earlier
• GM Programmer versions 2.2.1.0 and earlier

Description

MINAS A5/A6 USB device drivers for Windows provided by Panasonic Industry Co., Ltd. contain the following vulnerability.

• Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120)
  • CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Base Score 6.8
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Base Score 5.5
  • CVE-2026-16726

Impact

If the user is directed to connect some malicious USB device to the Windows PC, the USB device driver may crash and result in the DoS (Denial-of-Service) condition on Windows.

Solution

Update the Software
Update the software to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.