CVE-2010-5194

critical
Published 2012-08-31 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Image2PDF function in the SCRIBBLE.ScribbleCtrl.1 ActiveX control (ImageViewer2.ocx) in Viscom Image Viewer CP Pro 8.0, Gold 5.5, Gold 6.0, and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long strPDFFile parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-15658 remote windows
bz1p ยท 2010-12-02

Viscom Image Viewer CP Gold 5.5 - 'Image2PDF()' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.
EDB-18123 remote windows verified
Metasploit ยท 2011-11-17

Viscom Image Viewer CP Pro 8.0/Gold 6.0 - ActiveX Control (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
viscomsoftimage_viewer_cp_gold_sdk5.5
viscomsoftimage_viewer_cp_gold_sdk6.0
viscomsoftimage_viewer_cp_pro_sdk8.0

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.