HP OLE Point of Sale Driver up to 1.13 OPOSMICR.ocx memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HP OLE Point of Sale Driver up to 1.13. This affects an unknown part of the file OPOSMICR.ocx. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-7888. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in HP OLE Point of Sale Driver up to 1.13 (Hardware Driver Software). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the file OPOSMICR.ocx. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 03/09/2015 as ZDI-CAN-2512 (Website) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). It is possible to read the advisory at h20564.www2.hp.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-7888 since 10/06/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/17/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81824 (HP OPOS CCO Drivers RCE Vulnerabilities), 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 to version 1.13.003 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (81824) and SecurityFocus (BID 72969†). See VDB-75365, VDB-75366, VDB-75367 and VDB-75368 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Hardware Driver Software

Vendor

• HP

Name

• OLE Point of Sale Driver

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hp.com/

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