Summary
This host is installed with MW6 Technologies Barcode ActiveX and is prone to Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will let the attacker cause a heap buffer overflow via an overly long string assigned to the Supplement property.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
For further updates refer, http://mw6tech.com/download.html
A workaround is to set the Killbit for the vulnerable CLSID http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240797
Insight
ActiveX control in Barcode.dll due to a boundary error in the Barcode.MW6Barcode.1.
Affected
Barcode ActiveX (Barcode.dll) version 3.0.0.1 and prior
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0298 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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