Title: EDraw Flowchart ActiveX Control '.edd' File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
The EDraw Flowchart ActiveX control is a tool to create business and technical diagrams.
The EDraw Flowchart ActiveX control is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to bounds-check user-supplied data. The vulnerability occurs when handling a specially crafted '.edd' file.
This issue resides in the ActiveX control with the CLSID: (F685AFD8-A5CC-410E-98E4-BAA1C559BA61).
An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application, typically Internet Explorer, that uses the ActiveX control. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.
Affected Products:
- EDraw Flowchart ActiveX Control 2.3.0.6
References:
- Edrawsoft: Edraw Flowchart ActiveX Control Homepage
- Gjoko Krstic: EDraw Flowchart ActiveX Control 2.3 (.edd parsing) Remote Buffer Overflow PoC
- Microsoft: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 240797
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