CVE-2007-0612
Multiple ActiveX controls in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by accessing the bgColor, fgColor, linkColor, alinkColor, vlinkColor, or defaultCharset properties in the (1) giffile, (2) htmlfile, (3) jpegfile, (4) mhtmlfile, (5) ODCfile, (6) pjpegfile, (7) pngfile, (8) xbmfile, (9) xmlfile, (10) xslfile, or (11) wdfile objects in (a) mshtml.dll; or the (12) TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument or (13) TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument.1 objects in (b) triedit.dll, which cause a NULL pointer dereference.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 44.2% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0610)
- Published
- January 31, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0610 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0547.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-January/052057.html
- http://osvdb.org/32628
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2199
- http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/activex-bgcolor.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458443/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22288(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31867
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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