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

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP OLE Point of Sale Driver up to 1.13. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file OPOSPOSPrinter.ocx. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2014-7894. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in HP OLE Point of Sale Driver up to 1.13 (Hardware Driver Software). This affects an unknown function of the file OPOSPOSPrinter.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 shared 03/09/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at h20564.www2.hp.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-7894 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 are known, but no exploit is available. The price 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†). The entries VDB-75365, VDB-75366, VDB-75367 and VDB-75368 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best 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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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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