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$ cve CVE-2007-2495 JSON

CVE-2007-2495 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4% (pctl 90)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the ExcelOCX ActiveX control in ExcelViewer.ocx 3.1.0.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCommand, (2) FTPDownloadFile, (3) FTPUploadFile, (4) HttpUploadFile, (5) Save, (6) SaveWebFile, (7) HttpDownloadFile, (8) Open, or (9) OpenWebFile property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS3.96% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2007-05-04
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
office ocxexcel viewer ocx

Public exploits

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD