IBM AFP Viewer Plug-in 3.2.1.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM AFP Viewer Plug-in 3.2.1.1. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-2880. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM AFP Viewer Plug-in 3.2.1.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. 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:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the IBM AFP Viewer Plug-in 2.0.7.1 and 3.2.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SRC property value. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

The bug was discovered 06/25/2008. The weakness was presented 06/26/2008 by Paul Kurczaba (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-2880 since 06/26/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33268 (IBM AFP Viewer Plug-in SRC Property Buffer Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43338), Tenable (33268), SecurityFocus (BID 29932†), OSVDB (46518†) and Secunia (SA27995†). 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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Nessus ID: 33268
Nessus Name: IBM AFP Viewer Plug-in SRC Property Buffer Overflow
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Paul Kurczaba
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-2880 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2880
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42938
X-Force: 43338
SecurityFocus: 29932 - IBM AFP Viewer Plugin 'SRC' Property Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 27995
OSVDB: 46518 - CVE-2008-2880 - IBM - AFP Viewer Plug-in - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18712 - IBM AFP Viewer Plug-in Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1946

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/12/2019 09:55
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (60), 08/12/2019 09:55 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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