CVE-2010-0679
HIGHEPSS 98th pctlDescription
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the HyleosChemView.HLChemView ActiveX control (HyleosChemView.ocx) in Hyleos ChemView 1.9.5.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of white space characters in the filename argument to the (1) SaveasMolFile and (2) ReadMolFile methods.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://osvdb.org/62276
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-advisories/chemviewx-overflow.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/hyleoschemview-heap.rb.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38523
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11422
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2010-02-11_ChemviewX_Activex.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38225
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