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vendor:
EViews
by:
Luigi Auriemma
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Memory Corruption and Heap Overflow
119
CWE
Product Name: EViews
Affected Version From: <= 7.0.0.1 (aka 7.2)
Affected Version To: <= 7.0.0.1 (aka 7.2)
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: a:eviews:eviews
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Windows
2011

EViews Memory Corruption and Heap Overflow Vulnerabilities

EViews is a software for econometric and statistical analysis. The program uses a particular function for allocating memory for the arrays used in the WF1 files. In short if the reallocation fails it's possible to write a memory pointer and a NULL in the expected last two positions of the “supposedly” reallocated array so with possibilities of corrupting memory zones almost arbitrarialy. The vulnerability is exploitable only if the value is greater than 0x32 and the attacker can control it. The same function used for the memory corruption can be used for triggering a heap overflow if the value is greater than 0x32 and smaller than 0xfffffffc. In this case the attacker can overwrite the heap with a controlled value.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of EViews
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">
    <title>502 Hosting Server Connect Timeout | Sucuri Website Firewall</title>
    <!--
        Base origin-error page (502/504). lualibs/error_pages.lua fills the double-brace placeholders
        per $whitelabel at request time; init.lua substitutes the server id at load. Keep it
        self-contained: no external stylesheet, script, font, CSS import or remote image
        (tests/rules/71-error-pages-self-contained.sh).
    -->
    <style>
        :root {
            --accent: #3b7a26;
        }

        * {
            box-sizing: border-box;
        }

        html {
            -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
        }

        body {
            margin: 0;
            background: #f4f5f7;
            color: #1d2330;
            font: 16px/1.55 -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
        }

        a {
            color: var(--accent);
        }

        p {
            margin: 0 0 10px;
        }

        .wrap {
            max-width: 760px;
            margin: 0 auto;
            padding: 32px 16px 48px;
        }

        .product {
            margin: 0 0 20px;
            font-size: 14px;
            font-weight: 600;
            letter-spacing: .02em;
            color: var(--accent);
        }

        .card {
            padding: 28px 24px;
            background: #fff;
            border: 1px solid #e1e4ea;
            border-radius: 10px;
        }

        h1 {
            margin: 0 0 6px;
            font-size: 26px;
            line-height: 1.25;
        }

        h2 {
            margin: 24px 0 8px;
            font-size: 17px;
        }

        .lead {
            margin: 0 0 4px;
            font-size: 18px;
            color: #414a5a;
        }

        .retry {
            margin: 0;
            color: #5b6475;
        }

        /* You -> Firewall -> Hosting diagram */
        .flow {
            display: flex;
            align-items: flex-start;
            justify-content: space-between;
            gap: 8px;
            margin: 28px 0;
            padding: 0;
            list-style: none;
        }

        .node {
            flex: 0 0 auto;
            width: 132px;
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 14px;
            font-weight: 600;
        }

        .icon {
            position: relative;
            display: inline-flex;
            align-items: center;
            justify-content: center;
            width: 64px;
            height: 64px;
            margin-bottom: 6px;
            border-radius: 50%;
        }

        .icon svg {
            width: 32px;
            height: 32px;
            fill: none;
            stroke: currentColor;
            stroke-width: 1.8;
            stroke-linecap: round;
            stroke-linejoin: round;
        }

        .ok-node .icon {
            background: #e7f4ea;
            color: #2f7d3c;
        }

        .fail-node,
        .fail-node .icon {
            color: #c0362c;
        }

        .fail-node .icon {
            background: #fdebea;
        }

        .badge {
            position: absolute;
            right: -2px;
            bottom: -2px;
            width: 22px;
            height: 22px;
            border-radius: 50%;
            color: #fff;
            font-size: 13px;
            line-height: 22px;
        }

        .badge.ok {
            background: #2f7d3c;
        }

        .badge.fail {
            background: #c0362c;
        }

        /* Connector, vertically centred on the 64px icons */
        .link {
            flex: 1 1 auto;
            height: 2px;
            margin-top: 31px;
            background: #c9ced8;
        }

        .link.broken {
            background: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, #c0362c 0 6px, transparent 6px 11px);
        }

        dl {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: max-content 1fr;
            gap: 4px 16px;
            margin: 0;
            padding: 14px 16px;
            background: #f7f8fa;
            border-radius: 8px;
            font-size: 15px;
        }

        dt {
            color: #5b6475;
        }

        dd {
            margin: 0;
            font-weight: 600;
            overflow-wrap: anywhere;
        }

        ul.causes {
            margin: 0;
            padding-left: 20px;
        }

        footer {
            margin-top: 20px;
            font-size: 13px;
            color: #6b7383;
            text-align: center;
        }

        @media (max-width: 520px) {
            .wrap {
                padding: 20px 16px 32px;
            }

            .card {
                padding: 20px 16px;
            }

            h1 {
                font-size: 22px;
            }

            .flow {
                gap: 4px;
            }

            .node {
                flex: 1 1 0;
                width: auto;
                min-width: 0;
                font-size: 12px;
                line-height: 1.3;
            }

            /* Connector, vertically centred on the 52px icons */
            .link {
                flex: 0 0 14px;
                margin-top: 25px;
            }

            .icon {
                width: 52px;
                height: 52px;
            }

            .icon svg {
                width: 26px;
                height: 26px;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <main class="wrap">
        <p class="product">Sucuri Website Firewall</p>

        <div class="card">
            <h1>Hosting Server Connect Timeout</h1>
            <p class="lead">HTTP 502 &mdash; Unable to Connect to the Origin Server</p>
            <p class="retry">Please try again in a few minutes.</p>

            <ol class="flow" aria-label="Connection path">
                <li class="node ok-node">
                    <span class="icon">
                        <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true">
                            <circle cx="12" cy="8" r="4"/>
                            <path d="M4 21c0-4.4 3.6-8 8-8s8 3.6 8 8"/>
                        </svg>
                        <span class="badge ok" aria-hidden="true">&#10003;</span>
                    </span><br>
                    You
                </li>
                <li class="link" aria-hidden="true"></li>
                <li class="node ok-node">
                    <span class="icon">
                        <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true">
                            <path d="M12 2 4 5v6c0 5 3.4 9.3 8 11 4.6-1.7 8-6 8-11V5z"/>
                        </svg>
                        <span class="badge ok" aria-hidden="true">&#10003;</span>
                    </span><br>
                    Sucuri Firewall
                </li>
                <li class="link broken" aria-hidden="true"></li>
                <li class="node fail-node">
                    <span class="icon">
                        <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true">
                            <rect x="4" y="3" width="16" height="7" rx="1.5"/>
                            <rect x="4" y="14" width="16" height="7" rx="1.5"/>
                            <path d="M8 6.5h.01M8 17.5h.01"/>
                        </svg>
                        <span class="badge fail" aria-hidden="true">&#10005;</span>
                    </span><br>
                    Hosting Timeout
                </li>
            </ol>

            <h2>Error details</h2>
            <dl>
                <dt>Error code</dt>
                <dd>HTTP 502</dd>
                <dt>Error message</dt>
                <dd>Backend or gateway connection timeout.</dd>
                <dt>Server ID</dt>
                <dd>11012</dd>
            </dl>

            <h2>What's going on?</h2>
            <ul class="causes">
                <li>The origin server might be down</li>
                <li>The Sucuri network might be blocked by the origin&#39;s firewall</li>
            </ul>

            <h2>What can I do to fix it?</h2>
            <p>
                If you are just visiting the site, wait a bit and it should be back soon.
                We apologize for the inconvenience.
            </p>
            <p>
                If you own the website, check with your hosting company that your server is up and
                running and that they have <a href="https://docs.sucuri.net/website-firewall/troubleshooting/backend-timeout-message/">our firewall IPs allowlisted</a>.
            </p>
            <p>If the problem persists, open a ticket on our <a href="https://support.sucuri.net">support page</a> and we will help you troubleshoot.</p>
        </div>

        
    </main>
</body>
</html>