Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the HyleosChemView.HLChemView ActiveX control (HyleosChemView.ocx) in Hyleos ChemView 1.9.5.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of white space characters in the filename argument to the (1) SaveasMolFile and (2) ReadMolFile methods.
Public exploits
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Metasploit 1 module
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Hyleos ChemView ActiveX Control Stack Buffer Overflow
exploit/windows/browser/hyleos_chemviewx_activex
Exploit-DB 2
- Hyleos ChemView - ActiveX Control Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-16500 · remote · Jul 27, 2010 · verified
- Hyleos ChemView 1.9.5.1 - ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-11422 · remote · Feb 12, 2010
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