CVE-2011-5167

critical

Published 2012-09-15 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the SetDevNames method of the Tidestone Formula One ActiveX control (TTF16.ocx) 6.3.5 Build 1 in Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance 12.x and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the DriverName 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-18092 remote windows verified

rgod · 2011-11-07

Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance 12.x - Tidestone Formula One WorkBook OLE Control TTF16.ocx Remote Heap Overflow

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
oracle	hyperion_strategic_finance	`{"endIncluding":"12.0"}`
oracle	hyperion_strategic_finance	`11.1.2.1.0`
tidestone	formula_one_activex_control	`6.3.5.1`

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.