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Status published
Critical
CVE-2010-0679
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the HyleosChemView.HLChemView ActiveX control (HyleosChemView.ocx)...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/hyleoschemview-heap.rb.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38523
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2010-02-11_ChemviewX_Activex.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38225
- http://osvdb.org/62276
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-advisories/chemviewx-overflow.txt
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11422
Affected Vendor
hyleos
View all reports →Affected Software
chemview
Vulnerable Versions:
1.9.5.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 22nd, 2010
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.