Buffer overflow in Dawningsoft Powerchm

CVE-2009-1352

Stack-based buffer overflow in Dawningsoft PowerCHM 5.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTML file with a link to a long URL, as demonstrated by a .rar URL.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.056 (92.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Dawningsoft Powerchm — versions 5.7
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)