Gjoko Krstic has discovered a vulnerability in LEADTOOLS LEAD RasterTwain ActiveX Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in LtocxTwainu.dll when handling the value assigned to the "AppName" property and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via an overly long string.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 16.5. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control.

Provided and/or discovered by
Gjoko Krstic

Original Advisory
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2010-4960.php

Alternate/detailed remediation
Further details available in Customer Area

Deep Links
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