Title : ComponentOne SizerOne CTab ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2009-0036 CVE ID : CVE-2008-4827 CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2009-01-07
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in ComponentOne SizerOne, 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 Tab ActiveX control (c1sizer.ocx) when adding tabs with overly long captions via the "AddTab()" method, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.
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