BarCodeWiz Barcode Activex up to 6.6 BarcodeWiz.DLL BottomText/TopText memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in BarCodeWiz Barcode Activex up to 6.6. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library BarcodeWiz.DLL. The manipulation of the argument BottomText/TopText as part of Long Argument leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-5221. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BarCodeWiz Barcode Activex up to 6.6 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality in the library BarcodeWiz.DLL. The manipulation of the argument BottomText/TopText as part of a Long Argument 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in BarCodeWiz BarCode before 6.7 ActiveX control (BarcodeWiz.DLL) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) BottomText or (2) TopText property.

The bug was discovered 01/06/2018. The weakness was presented 01/09/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at hyp3rlinx.altervista.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-5221 since 01/05/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available 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 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 6.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (43456). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Barcode Activex 6.7

Timelineinfo

01/05/2018 🔍
01/06/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/09/2018 +3 days 🔍
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01/10/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/20/2023 +1836 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 145731
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-5221 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5221
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111533
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2018 08:06
Updated: 01/20/2023 13:04
Changes: 01/10/2018 08:06 (61), 12/20/2019 17:12 (4), 01/20/2023 13:04 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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