CVE-2014-0879

critical

Published 2014-03-21 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

9.3

VIR risk

9.3

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Taskmaster Capture ActiveX control in IBM Datacap Taskmaster Capture 8.0.1, and 8.1 before FP2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21666888

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ibm	datacap_taskmaster_capture	`8.0.1`
ibm	datacap_taskmaster_capture	`8.1`

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21666888
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91115
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21666888
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91115

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.