CVE-2012-0227

Flexgrid vulnerability

CVSS

9.3

EPSS

5.7%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in the VSFlex7.VSFlexGrid ActiveX control in ComponentOne FlexGrid 7.1, as used in Open Automation Software OPC Systems.NET, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long archive file name argument to the Archive method.

Affected vendor

Componentone

Affected product

Flexgrid

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds

Published

2012-10-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-0227

Confirm whether Componentone Flexgrid is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-0227.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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