CVE-2014-0879 — 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

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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

Published Mar 21, 2014

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.50%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.50% 0.03498

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03498

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.50% (0.03498)	88.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.50% (0.03498)	87.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	22.90% (0.22902)	95.42th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	15.42% (0.15417)	91.11th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 23, 2025	22.90% (0.22902)	95.20th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	25.09% (0.25092)	95.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	3.19% (0.03195)	90.97th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	8.83% (0.08829)	93.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	5.63% (0.05629)	90.10th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	5.63% (0.05629)	89.12th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	5.63% (0.05629)	76.75th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

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

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21666888		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91115		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Mar 21, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 6, 2014

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-0879

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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