CVE-2012-0266

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 42.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-01-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the NTR ActiveX control before 2.0.4.8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long bstrUrl parameter to the StartModule method, (2) a long bstrParams parameter to the Check method, a long bstrUrl parameter to the (3) Download or (4) DownloadModule method during construction of a .ntr pathname, or a long bstrUrl parameter to the (5) Download or (6) DownloadModule method during construction of a URL.

Affected products

Ntrglobal Ntr Activex Control: through 1.1.8

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0074.html
http://osvdb.org/78252
http://secunia.com/advisories/45166
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-1/
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21841
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72291
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72292
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72293
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0074.html
http://osvdb.org/78252
http://secunia.com/advisories/45166
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-1/

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