Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2007-2222
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) ActiveListen (Xlisten.dll) and (2) ActiveVoice (Xvoice.dll) speech controls, as used by Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ActiveX object that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated via the ModeName parameter to the FindEngine function in ACTIVEVOICEPROJECTLib.DirectSS.
Vulnerability class: 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: 0.547 (99.0th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.547 · newest: 0.547 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.01, 6, 7.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server — versions sp1, sp2
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows Xp
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34630 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/35353 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507433 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25627 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4065 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24426 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- retrogod.altervista.org/win_speech_2k_sp4.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2153 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)