Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 22, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-0679
CVE-2010-0679
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the HyleosChemView.HLChemView ActiveX control (HyleosChemView.ocx) in Hyleos ChemView 1.9.5.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of white space characters in the filename argument to the (1) SaveasMolFile and (2) ReadMolFile methods.
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References
7- packetstormsecurity.org/1002-advisories/chemviewx-overflow.txtnvdExploit
- packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/hyleoschemview-heap.rb.txtnvdExploit
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11422nvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/38225nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/38523nvdVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/62276nvd
- www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2010-02-11_ChemviewX_Activex.pdfnvd
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