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CVE-2007-0217
The wininet.dll FTP client code in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an…
High10.0EPSS 58.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
The wininet.dll FTP client code in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an FTP server response of a specific length that causes a terminating null byte to be written outside of a buffer, which causes heap corruption.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 58.4% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 20070213 Microsoft 'wininet.dll' FTP Reply Null Termination Heap Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 31892 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 22489 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#613564 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- TA07-044A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1017642 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 24156 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MS07-016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20070309 MS07-016 FTP Response DOS PoC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1141 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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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