Published:2016/04/04  Last Updated:2016/04/06

JVN#41875357
ActiveX control for EVA Animator vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview

ActiveX control for EVA Animator provided by Sharp Corporation contains a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Products Affected

  • ActiveX control for EVA Animator

Description

ActiveX control for EVA Animator provided by Sharp Corporation contains a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Impact

If a user views a malicious page, arbitrary code may be executed.

Solution

Remove ActiveX control for EVA Animator
The EVA Animator service ended and the related website for its service including the page to download the ActiveX control was closed in February 2016. Remove ActiveX control for EVA Animator.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
Sharp Corporation Vulnerable 2016/04/04 Sharp Corporation website

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Base Score: 6.3
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base Score: 6.8
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Credit

Daiki Fukumori of Cyber Defense Institute, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2016-1176
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2016-000038

Update History

2016/04/06
Corrected product name