CVE-2010-0679
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the HyleosChemView.HLChemView ActiveX control (HyleosChemView.ocx) in Hyleos ChemView 1.9.5.1…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 35.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Hyleos ChemView ActiveX Control Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/hyleos_chemviewx_activexRank gooddisclosed 10 Feb 2010
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Hyleos ChemView - ActiveX Control Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16500remote, windowspublished 27 Jul 2010Verified
- Hyleos ChemView 1.9.5.1 - ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 11422remote, windowspublished 12 Feb 2010Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 11422 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 35.1% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/hyleoschemview-heap.rb.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38523 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2010-02-11_ChemviewX_Activex.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38225 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 62276 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-advisories/chemviewx-overflow.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 11422 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0707 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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