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NOTE: Prior versions may also be affected.
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
"AXIS Camera Control (ActiveX component) makes it possible to view Motion JPEG video streams from an Axis Network Video product directly in Microsoft Development Tools and Microsoft Internet Explorer."
Product Link:
http://www.axis.com/techsup/software/acc/index.htm
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in AXIS Camera Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the CamImage.CamImage.1 ActiveX control (AxisCamControl.ocx) and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by assigning an overly long string to the "image_pan_tilt" property.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, but requires that the user is tricked into visiting and clicking a malicious web page.
The vendor recommends removing the ActiveX control and using AXIS Media Control as a replacement.
Discovered by Alin Rad Pop, Secunia Research.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2008-5260 for the vulnerability.
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