A vulnerability was found in dxfscope DXF File Format Viewer 0.2 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is the function dxfin of the file d.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the dxfin function in d.c for dxfscope 0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DXF file.

The weakness was disclosed 01/10/2005 by Ariel Berkman (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1271 since 12/20/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/21/2017).

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (18558).

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• dxfscope

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• DXF File Format Viewer

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• 0.2

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• end of life (old version)

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