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CVE-2012-0985

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-06-07 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the Wireless Manager ActiveX control 4.0.0.0 in WifiMan.dll in Sony VAIO PC Wireless LAN Wizard 1.0; VAIO Wireless Wizard 1.00, 1.00_64, 1.0.1, 2.0, and 3.0; SmartWi Connection Utility 4.7, 4.7.4, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, and 4.11; and VAIO Easy Connect software 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument of the (1) SetTmpProfileOption or (2) ConnectToNetwork method.

Affected products

• Sony Smartwi Connection Utillity: 4.7, 4.7.4, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11
• Sony Vaio Easy Connect: 1.0.0, 1.1.0
• Sony Vaio Pc Wireless Lan Wizard: 1.0
• Sony Vaio Wireless Wizard: 1.00, 1.00_64, 1.01, 2.0, 3.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0147.html
• http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/support-info.pl?template_id=1&info_id=946
• http://osvdb.org/82401
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49340
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18958
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53735
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75978
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0147.html
• http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/support-info.pl?template_id=1&info_id=946
• http://osvdb.org/82401
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49340
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18958

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