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>> DjVu ActiveX Control "ImageURL" Property Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : DjVu ActiveX Control "ImageURL" Property Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2956
CVE ID : CVE-2008-4922
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-30
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A vulnerability has been identified in DjVu ActiveX Control for MS Office, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll" library when handling an overly long argument passed as the "ImageURL" property, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.
Other propertires are reportedly affected.
Affected Products
DjVu ActiveX Control version 3.0
Solution
Set a kill bit for the CLSID {4A46B8CD-F7BD-11D4-B1D8-000102290E7C}.
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2956
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Shahriyar Jalayeri.
ChangeLog
2008-10-30 : Initial release
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