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Microsoft Windows Fax Cover Page Editor BOF 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 Fax Cover Page Editor and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerabilities. This NVT has been replaced by OID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902408.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an input validation error and a use-after-free error in the Fax Cover Page Editor 'fxscover.exe' when a function 'CDrawPoly::Serialize()' reads in data from a Fax Cover Page file ('.cov').
Affected Software
Affected Software
Fax Services Cover Page Editor 5.2 r2 on, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows 7
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.