Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office
CVE-2007-2224
Object linking and embedding (OLE) Automation, as used in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office 2004 for Mac, and Visual Basic 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the substringData method on a TextNode object, which causes an integer overflow that leads to a buffer overflow.
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: 0.345 (98.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.345 · newest: 0.345 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004
- Microsoft Visual Basic — versions 6.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
- Microsoft Windows Xp
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-043 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26449 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-226A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1248 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2867 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476527/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25282 (vdb-entry)