CVE-2007-2903 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the HelpPopup method in the Microsoft Office 2000 Controllo UA di Microsoft Office ActiveX control (OUACTRL.OCX) 1.0.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (probably winhlp32.exe crash) via a long first argument. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Published: 2007-05-30

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 42.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.4248.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://moaxb.blogspot.com/2007/05/moaxb-23-microsoft-office-2000.html
http://osvdb.org/36034
http://shinnai.altervista.org/viewtopic.php?id=42&t_id=26
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24118
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018107
http://www.shinnai.altervista.org/moaxb/20070523/ouactrltxt.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34473

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-05-30T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:57:54.274Z

Reserved: 2007-05-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2903

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-05-30T10:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-2903

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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