Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetPrivateProfileSectionW function in Akamai Technologies Download Manager ActiveX Control…

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetPrivateProfileSectionW function in Akamai Technologies Download Manager ActiveX Control (DownloadManagerV2.ocx) after 2.0.4.4 but before 2.2.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to misinterpretation of the nSize parameter as a byte count instead of a wide character count.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.8% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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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 (8)

• 20070416 Akamai Download Manager ActiveX Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
• 34323 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20070416 Akamai Technologies Security Advisory 2007-0001 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 24900 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1017925 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• VU#120241 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1415 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 23522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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, 13:13 UTC.