Westbyte Internet Download Accelerator 5.2 ActiveX Control idaiehlp.dll notsafe memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Westbyte Internet Download Accelerator 5.2. Affected by this issue is the function notsafe in the library idaiehlp.dll of the component ActiveX Control. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the NotSafe function in the idaiehlp ActiveX control in idaiehlp.dll 1.9.1.74 in Internet Download Accelerator (ida) 5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) via a long argument.

The weakness was released 06/09/2007 by eidelweiss (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-3162. 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.

A public exploit has been developed by eidelweiss and been published immediately after the advisory. 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 databases at X-Force (34796) and Exploit-DB (14938).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: eidelweiss
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Researcher: eidelweiss
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3162 (🔍)
X-Force: 34796
Vulnerability Center: 32547 - Internet Download Accelerator 5.2 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability via a Long Argument, Medium
SecurityFocus: 24400 - Internet Download Accelerator ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 40120 - Internet Download Accelerator idaiehlp ActiveX (idaiehlp.dll) NotSafe Function Remote DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/20/2021 10:20
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (55), 03/29/2017 10:59 (14), 07/20/2021 10:20 (3)
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