CVE-2010-0679

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 35.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-02-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Hyleos Chemview: 1.9.5.1

References

http://osvdb.org/62276
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-advisories/chemviewx-overflow.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/hyleoschemview-heap.rb.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/38523
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11422
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2010-02-11_ChemviewX_Activex.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38225
http://osvdb.org/62276
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-advisories/chemviewx-overflow.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/hyleoschemview-heap.rb.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/38523
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11422

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