CVE-2010-0679
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 35.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 35.1% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0707)
- Published
- February 22, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0707 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hyleos / chemview
References
- http://osvdb.org/62276
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-advisories/chemviewx-overflow.txt(Exploit)
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/hyleoschemview-heap.rb.txt(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38523(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11422(Exploit)
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2010-02-11_ChemviewX_Activex.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38225(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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