CVE-2007-0612

Public Exploit

Description

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.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 53.49% Top 5%

Third-Party Advisory securityreason.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0547.html	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458443/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://osvdb.org/32628	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31867	vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2199	third party advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-January/052057.html	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22288	vdb entry exploit
http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/activex-bgcolor.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0612?: CVE-2007-0612 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0612?: To fix CVE-2007-0612, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0612 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-0612 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~53% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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