THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-0879
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-0879

Datacap Taskmaster Capture vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Taskmaster Capture ActiveX control in IBM Datacap Taskmaster Capture 8.0.1, and 8.1 before FP2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Datacap Taskmaster Capture
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
2014-03-21

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 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-0879

  • Confirm whether Ibm Datacap Taskmaster Capture is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-0879.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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