Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2007-1749
Integer underflow in the CDownloadSink class code in the Vector Markup Language (VML) component (VGX.DLL), as used in Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via compressed content with an invalid buffer size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.415 (98.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.415 · newest: 0.415 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.01, 6, 7
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25310 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26409 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070814a.html
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-226A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-050 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1784 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2874 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3020 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476498/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)