CVE-2012-0985

published 2012-06-07

CVE-2012-0985: Multiple buffer overflows in the Wireless Manager ActiveX control 4.0.0.0 in WifiMan.dll in Sony VAIO PC Wireless LAN Wizard 1.0; VAIO Wireless Wizard 1.00…

Priority P3 54 critical 9.3 CVSS 2.0

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

EXPLOIT

Multiple buffer overflows in the Wireless Manager ActiveX control 4.0.0.0 in WifiMan.dll in Sony VAIO PC Wireless LAN Wizard 1.0; VAIO Wireless Wizard 1.00, 1.00_64, 1.0.1, 2.0, and 3.0; SmartWi Connection Utility 4.7, 4.7.4, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, and 4.11; and VAIO Easy Connect software 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument of the (1) SetTmpProfileOption or (2) ConnectToNetwork method.

Affected

14 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
sony	smartwi_connection_utillity	—	—
sony	smartwi_connection_utillity	—	—
sony	smartwi_connection_utillity	—	—
sony	smartwi_connection_utillity	—	—
sony	smartwi_connection_utillity	—	—
sony	smartwi_connection_utillity	—	—
sony	vaio_easy_connect	—	—
sony	vaio_easy_connect	—	—
sony	vaio_pc_wireless_lan_wizard	—	—
sony	vaio_wireless_wizard	—	—
sony	vaio_wireless_wizard	—	—
sony	vaio_wireless_wizard	—	—
sony	vaio_wireless_wizard	—	—
sony	vaio_wireless_wizard	—	—

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