CVE-2012-0708

critical

Published 2012-04-22 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ole API in the CQOle ActiveX control in cqole.dll in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1.1 before 7.1.1.9, 7.1.2 before 7.1.2.6, and 8.0.0 before 8.0.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page that leverages a RegisterSchemaRepoFromFileByDbSet function-prototype mismatch.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/clear_quest_cqole rank 300

IBM Rational ClearQuest CQOle Remote Code Execution

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.1`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.2`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.3`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.4`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.1`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.2`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.3`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.4`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.5`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.6`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`8.0.0`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`8.0.0.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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