CVE-2017-12969

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-11-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the ViewerCtrlLib.ViewerCtrl ActiveX control in Avaya IP Office Contact Center before 10.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long string to the open method.

Affected products

Avaya IP Office Contact Center: 9.1-sp11, 9.1.0, 9.1.0.2209.1540, 9.1.6, 9.1.7, 9.1.8 (+4)

References

http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/101044091
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/AVAYA-OFFICE-IP-%28IPO%29-v9.1.0-10.1-VIEWERCTRL-ACTIVE-X-BUFFER-OVERFLOW-0DAY.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144882/Avaya-IP-Office-IPO-10.1-Active-X-Buffer-Overflow.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101667
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43120/
http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/101044091
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/AVAYA-OFFICE-IP-%28IPO%29-v9.1.0-10.1-VIEWERCTRL-ACTIVE-X-BUFFER-OVERFLOW-0DAY.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144882/Avaya-IP-Office-IPO-10.1-Active-X-Buffer-Overflow.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101667
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43120/

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