CVE-2008-4729

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2008-4729 · Published 24/10/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-4729 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting exceed (hummingbird).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.9%, higher than 94.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
exceed hummingbird	`= 10.0= 2006= 2007= 9.0≤ 13.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/32319 · Exploit
securityreason.com/securityalert/4505
securityfocus.com/bid/31783
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45941
exploit-db.com/exploits/6761

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