Vulnerability in Microsoft Ie
CVE-2007-0612
Multiple ActiveX controls in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by accessing the bgColor, fgColor, linkColor, alinkColor, vlinkColor, or defaultCharset properties in the (1) giffile, (2) htmlfile, (3) jpegfile, (4) mhtmlfile, (5) ODCfile, (6) pjpegfile, (7) pngfile, (8) xbmfile, (9) xmlfile, (10) xslfile, or (11) wdfile objects in (a) mshtml.dll; or the (12) TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument or (13) TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument.1 objects in (b) triedit.dll, which cause a NULL pointer dereference.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.439 (98.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.439 · newest: 0.439 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Ie — versions 5.0_ta3, 6.0, 7.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.0.1, 5.5, 6.0
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0547.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458443/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- osvdb.org/32628 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31867 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2199 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-January/052057.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22288 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/activex-bgcolor.html