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CVE-2011-2591

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the Provideo ActiveX controls allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input fields, as demonstrated by (1) a long strIp argument to the voice method in 2way.dll in the alarm 1.0.3.1 ActiveX control, (2) a network response to AXPlayer.ocx in the GMAXPlayer 2.0.8.2 ActiveX control, the (3) UserName or (4) Password parameter to AXPlayer.ocx in the GMAXPlayer 2.0.8.2 ActiveX control, (5) a long Id parameter to the GetString method in PAxPlayer.ocx in the PAxPlayer 3.0.0.9 ActiveX control, or (6) a long strAdr parameter to the ConnectIPCam method in PAxPlayer.ocx in the PAxPlayer 3.0.0.9 ActiveX control.

Affected products

• Provideo Alarm Activex Control: 3.0.0.9
• Provideo Gmax Activex Control: 2.0.8.2
• Provideo Paxplayer Activex Control: 3.0.0.9

References

• http://osvdb.org/74310
• http://osvdb.org/74311
• http://osvdb.org/74312
• http://osvdb.org/74313
• http://osvdb.org/74314
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-56/
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-57/
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-58/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48977
• http://osvdb.org/74310
• http://osvdb.org/74311
• http://osvdb.org/74312

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