Gracenote CDDBControl ActiveX control buffer overflow
| cddbcontrol-activex-bo (33773) |  High Risk |
Description:
The Gracenote CDDBControl ActiveX control is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the proxy configuration. By creating a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system, if the attacker could persuade the victim to visit the malicious site and enable the ActiveX control.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 6.5 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to the Gracenote Web site for suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Fri Apr 20 2007 - 00:28:34 CDT: GraceNote CDDBControl ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
- Gracenote Web site: Gracenote: Gracenote Updates.
- ZDI-07-021: GraceNote CDDBControl ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
- BID-23567: GraceNote CDDBControl Multple Parameters ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-0443: Multiple buffer overflows in the CDDBControl ActiveX control in Gracenote CDDB before 20070418 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long values for certain Proxy configuration parameters.
- OSVDB ID: 34327: Gracenote CDDBControl ActiveX Proxy Configuration Parameters Multiple Overflows
- SA22924: Gracenote CDDBControl ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1017937: Gracenote CDDBControl ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow in Processing Proxy Control Parameters Permits Remote Code Execution
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1475: GraceNote CDDBControl ActiveX Control Proxy Parameter Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Gracenote Gracenote CDDB ActiveX Control
Reported:
Apr 19, 2007
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