The LinkSBIcons method in the SuperBuddy ActiveX control (Sb.SuperBuddy.1) in America Online 9.0 Security Edition dereferences an…

Description

The LinkSBIcons method in the SuperBuddy ActiveX control (Sb.SuperBuddy.1) in America Online 9.0 Security Edition dereferences an arbitrary function pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified pointer value.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 23224 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• VU#478225 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 24714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 2513 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• aol-superbuddy-activex-code-execution(33347) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 34318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-07-03.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20070330 TSRT-07-03: America Online SuperBuddy ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 20:04 UTC.