This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Panasonic Network Camera View. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the GetImageDataPrint method of the WebVideoCam ActiveX control. The issue lies in the ability to nullify an arbitrary address in memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
Panasonic Network Camera View 3 and 4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted page, which triggers an invalid pointer dereference, related to "the ability to nullify an arbitrary address in memory."
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