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Hyleos ChemView ActiveX Control Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is installed with Hyleos ChemView ActiveX Control and is prone to multiple Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to two boundary errors in the 'HyleosChemView.ocx' which can be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows by passing strings containing an overly large number of white-space characters to the 'SaveasMolFile()' and 'ReadMolFile()' methods.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Hyleos ChemView ActiveX Control version 1.9.5.1 and prior.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.