CVE-2007-1749
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 41.5%EU EUVD
Integer underflow in the CDownloadSink class code in the Vector Markup Language (VML) component (VGX.DLL), as used in Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via compressed content with an invalid buffer size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 41.5% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1743)
- Published
- August 14, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1743 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070814a.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26409(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3020
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/468800(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476498/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25310(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018568
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-226A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2874
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-050
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1784
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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