Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the PowerPointOCX ActiveX control in PowerPointViewer.ocx 3.1.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause…

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the PowerPointOCX ActiveX control in PowerPointViewer.ocx 3.1.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCommand, (2) FTPDownloadFile, (3) FTPUploadFile, (4) HttpUploadFile, (5) Save, (6) SaveWebFile, (7) HttpDownloadFile, (8) Open, or (9) OpenWebFile property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

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 (7)

• http://moaxb.blogspot.com/2007/05/moaxb-01-powerpointviewerocx-31.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 3826 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• office-powerpoint-ocx-bo(34013) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 34332 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 23733 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 25092 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1612 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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, 13:42 UTC.