CVE-2007-0947

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2, or Windows Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML objects, resulting in accessing deallocated memory of CMarkup objects, aka the second of two "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities" and a different issue than CVE-2007-0946.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 55.36% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-36/advisory/ patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1712 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018019 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2048 vdb entry signature
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-027 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23769 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23772 vdb entry patch
http://www.osvdb.org/34403 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33256 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0947?
CVE-2007-0947 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0947?
To fix CVE-2007-0947, 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-2007-0947 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0947 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~55% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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