CVE-2017-12969

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12969
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-10 02:29:17 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the ViewerCtrlLib.ViewerCtrl ActiveX control in Avaya IP Office Contact Center before 10.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long string to the open method.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avaya Ip Office Contact Center 10.0 All All All
Application Avaya Ip Office Contact Center 10.0.0.3-8600.1705 All All All
Application Avaya Ip Office Contact Center 10.1 All All All
Application Avaya Ip Office Contact Center 9.1 sp11 All All
Application Avaya Ip Office Contact Center 9.1.0 All All All
Application Avaya Ip Office Contact Center 9.1.0.2209.1540 All All All
Application Avaya Ip Office Contact Center 9.1.6 All All All
Application Avaya Ip Office Contact Center 9.1.7 All All All
Application Avaya Ip Office Contact Center 9.1.8 All All All
Application Avaya Ip Office Contact Center 9.1.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: CVE-2017-12969 Avaya OfficeScan IPO Remote ActiveX Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Avaya IP Office (IPO) 10.1 Active-X Buffer Overflow ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Avaya IP Office Contact Center CVE-2017-12969 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ASA-2017-313 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 downloads.avaya.com Vendor Advisory
Avaya IP Office (IPO) < 10.1 - ActiveX Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/AVAYA-OFFICE-IP-%28IPO%29-v9.1.0-10.1-VIEWERCTRL-A... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
MISC:http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/AVAYA-OFFICE-IP-(IPO)-v9.1.0-10.1-VIEWERCTRL-ACTIVE-X-BUFFER-OVERFLOW-0DAY.txt MITRE hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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