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critical 9.3

CVE-2010-0679 in the critical feed json

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the HyleosChemView.HLChemView ActiveX control (HyleosChemView.ocx) in Hyleos ChemView 1.9.5.1 allo…

published 2010-02-22 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-0707

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
35.1%
EPSS 35.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the HyleosChemView.HLChemView ActiveX control (HyleosChemView.ocx) in Hyleos ChemView 1.9.5.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of white space characters in the filename argument to the (1) SaveasMolFile and (2) ReadMolFile methods.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/hyleos_chemviewx_activex)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

35.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/hyleos_chemviewx_activex Hyleos ChemView ActiveX Control Stack Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, good rank, 2010-02-10
  • EDB-16500 Hyleos ChemView - ActiveX Control Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-07-27
  • EDB-11422 Hyleos ChemView 1.9.5.1 - ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-02-12
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/hyleoschemview-heap.rb.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38225 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-advisories/chemviewx-overflow.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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