CVE-2007-0612
Multiple ActiveX controls in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet…
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 44.2% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 20070128 Internet Explorer 7 ActiveX bgColor property NULL pointer dereference (DoS) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20070129 Internet Explorer 7 ActiveX bgColor property NULL pointer dereference (DoS) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 32628 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ie-activex-bgcolor-dos(31867) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 2199 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20070129 Internet Explorer 7 ActiveX bgColor property NULL pointer dereference (DoS) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 22288 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/activex-bgcolor.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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