CVE-2009-0865: GeoVision Livex Activex Control

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 5.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SnapShotToFile method in the GeoVision LiveX (aka LiveX_v8200) ActiveX control 8.1.2 and 8.2.0 in LIVEX_~1.OCX allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the argument, possibly involving the PlayX and SnapShotX methods.

Affected products

• GeoVision Livex Activex Control: version 8.1.2.0 only; version 8.2.0.0 only

Published 2009-03-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.