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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900749
Category:Buffer overflow
Title:Hyleos ChemView ActiveX Control Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Summary:Hyleos ChemView ActiveX Control is prone to multiple Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
Hyleos ChemView ActiveX Control is prone to multiple Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability 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.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code
within the context of the affected application.

Affected Software/OS:
Hyleos ChemView ActiveX Control version 1.9.5.1 and prior.

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.

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0679
BugTraq ID: 38225
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38225
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11422
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-advisories/chemviewx-overflow.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/hyleoschemview-heap.rb.txt
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2010-02-11_ChemviewX_Activex.pdf
http://osvdb.org/62276
http://secunia.com/advisories/38523
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG

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