CVE-2007-5107
Stack-based buffer overflow in the AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX control in askBar.dll in IAC Search & Media ask.com Ask Toolbar 4.0.2.53 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ShortFormat property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: the researcher claims that this is the same as CVE-2007-5108, but there is insufficient detail for CVE-2007-5108 to be certain.
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
- 35.9% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5088)
- Published
- September 26, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5088 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ask.com / ask toolbar
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26960(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480459/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25785(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3265(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36757
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4452
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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