Avaya IP Office Contact Center up to 10.1.0 ActiveX Control ViewerCtrlLib.ViewerCtrl open Long String memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Avaya IP Office Contact Center up to 10.1.0. The affected element is the function Open in the library ViewerCtrlLib.ViewerCtrl of the component ActiveX Control. Executing a manipulation as part of Long String can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-12969. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Avaya IP Office Contact Center up to 10.1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function open in the library ViewerCtrlLib.ViewerCtrl of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation as part of a Long String leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 11/05/2017. The weakness was presented 11/10/2017 by John Page as EDB-ID 43120 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-12969 since 08/19/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 10.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (43120) and SecurityFocus (BID 101667†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IP Office Contact Center 10.1.1

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Vendor: avaya.com

Advisory: EDB-ID 43120
Researcher: John Page
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-12969 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12969
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109258
SecurityFocus: 101667 - Avaya IP Office Contact Center CVE-2017-12969 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 11/10/2017 12:30
Updated: 12/03/2025 11:50
Changes: 11/10/2017 12:30 (72), 12/05/2019 13:20 (4), 12/03/2025 11:50 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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