Stack-based buffer overflow in the AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX control in askBar.dll in IAC Search & Media ask.com Ask…

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX control in askBar.dll in IAC Search & Media ask.com Ask Toolbar 4.0.2.53 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ShortFormat property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: the researcher claims that this is the same as CVE-2007-5108, but there is insufficient detail for CVE-2007-5108 to be certain.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

35.9% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

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

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 4452 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20070924 Re: New Zeroday published (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2007-3265 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• asktoolbar-shortformat-bo(36757) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 26960 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25785 (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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-5107](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-5107.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-5107)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:17 UTC.