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CVE-2008-4729
Stack-based buffer overflow in Hummingbird.XWebHostCtrl.1 ActiveX control (hclxweb.dll) in Hummingbird Xweb ActiveX Control 13.0 and…
Medium6.8EPSS 6.9%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Hummingbird.XWebHostCtrl.1 ActiveX control (hclxweb.dll) in Hummingbird Xweb ActiveX Control 13.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PlainTextPassword property. NOTE: code execution might not be possible in 13.0.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 32319 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 4505 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- hummingbird-xweb-activex-hclxweb-bo(45941) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31783 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 6761 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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