CVE-2007-1891
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.8%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetPrivateProfileSectionW function in Akamai Technologies Download Manager ActiveX Control (DownloadManagerV2.ocx) after 2.0.4.4 but before 2.2.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to misinterpretation of the nSize parameter as a byte count instead of a wide character count.
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
- 6.8% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1885)
- Published
- April 18, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1885 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- akamai technologies / download manager
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=514(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24900
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120241(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/34323
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465908/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23522
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017925
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1415
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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