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CVE-2007-6387
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the awApi4.AnswerWorks.1 ActiveX control in awApi4.dll 4.0.0.42, as used by Vantage Linguistics…
High9.3EPSS 38.0%
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Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the awApi4.AnswerWorks.1 ActiveX control in awApi4.dll 4.0.0.42, as used by Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks, and Intuit Clearly Bookkeeping, ProSeries, QuickBooks, Quicken, QuickTax, and TurboTax, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) GetHistory, (2) GetSeedQuery, (3) SetSeedQuery, and possibly other methods. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.0% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (4 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
Affected products
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References (10)
- http://www.vantagelinguistics.com/answerworks/release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4194 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 4825 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/qbupdate2007/Default.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 26566 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.intuit.com/support/security/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 26670 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- vantage-answerworks-bo(39004) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 26815 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4195 (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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