CVE-2007-2222
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) ActiveListen (Xlisten.dll) and (2) ActiveVoice (Xvoice.dll) speech controls, as used by Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ActiveX object that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated via the ModeName parameter to the FindEngine function in ACTIVEVOICEPROJECTLib.DirectSS.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 54.7% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2217)
- Published
- June 12, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2217 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
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://osvdb.org/35353
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/win_speech_2k_sp4.html
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/win_speech_xp_sp2.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25627(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018235
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4065
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507433(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24426
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-163A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2153(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-033
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34630
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2031
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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