CVE-2017-12969
Buffer overflow in the ViewerCtrlLib.ViewerCtrl ActiveX control in Avaya IP Office Contact Center before 10.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long string to the open…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.1%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in the ViewerCtrlLib.ViewerCtrl ActiveX control in Avaya IP Office Contact Center before 10.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long string to the open method.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 10.08% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 5 November 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- avaya/ip office contact center
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/101044091Vendor Advisory
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/AVAYA-OFFICE-IP-%28IPO%29-v9.1.0-10.1-VIEWERCTRL-ACTIVE-X-BUFFER-OVERFLOW-0DAY.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144882/Avaya-IP-Office-IPO-10.1-Active-X-Buffer-Overflow.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101667Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43120/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/101044091Vendor Advisory
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/AVAYA-OFFICE-IP-%28IPO%29-v9.1.0-10.1-VIEWERCTRL-ACTIVE-X-BUFFER-OVERFLOW-0DAY.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144882/Avaya-IP-Office-IPO-10.1-Active-X-Buffer-Overflow.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101667Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43120/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.