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CVE-2008-7053 (GCVE-0-2008-7053)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-24 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:49
VLAI
Summary
LogMeIn Remote Access Utility ActiveX control (RACtrl.dll) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the fgcolor and bgcolor properties to certain long values that trigger memory corruption.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-08-29 00:00
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