WellinTech KingView 6.52/6.53/6.55 kingMess.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in WellinTech KingView 6.52/6.53/6.55 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file kingMess.exe. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-4711. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in WellinTech KingView 6.52/6.53/6.55. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file kingMess.exe. 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 kingMess.exe 65.20.2003.10300 in WellinTech KingView 6.52, kingMess.exe 65.20.2003.10400 in KingView 6.53, and kingMess.exe 65.50.2011.18049 in KingView 6.55 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted packet.

The weakness was presented 02/15/2013 by Lucas Apa with IOActive (Website). The advisory is available at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4711 since 08/28/2012. 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 structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/31/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13368.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82048), Exploit-DB (24887), SecurityFocus (BID 57909†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38594†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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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: Highly functional
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Saint ID: exploit_info/wellintech_kingview_kingmess_log_file_parsing
Saint Name: WellinTech KingView KingMess.exe Log File Parsing Overflow

MetaSploit ID: kingview_kingmess_kvl.rb
MetaSploit Name: KingView Log File Parsing Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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08/28/2012 🔍
02/12/2013 +168 days 🔍
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02/15/2013 +3 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +754 days 🔍
08/31/2025 +3813 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.gov
Researcher: Lucas Apa
Organization: IOActive
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-4711 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4711
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63578
X-Force: 82048
SecurityFocus: 57909 - WellinTech KingView CVE-2012-4711 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 38594 - kingMess.exe in WellinTech KingView Remote Code Execution\\ DoS Vulnerability via a Crafted Packet, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 08/31/2025 21:41
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (65), 04/25/2017 11:22 (10), 08/31/2025 21:41 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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