CVE-2007-1749

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
78.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: August 14, 2007 (6847 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Integer underflow in the CDownloadSink class code in the Vector Markup Language (VML) component (VGX.DLL), as used in Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via compressed content with an invalid buffer size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 research.eeye.com 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 securityreason.com 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com