CVE-2007-6026
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft msjet40.dll 4.0.8618.0 (aka Microsoft Jet Engine), as used by Access 2003 in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MDB file database file containing a column structure with a modified column count. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2005-0944.
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
- 28.3% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5996)
- Published
- November 20, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5996 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / jet
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows nt
- microsoft / windows xp
Certified products that may be affected
4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Windows XP Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 989 - historical
- Windows XP Enhanced DSS and Diffie-Hellman Cryptographic Provider (DSSENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 990 - historical
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 including R2, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, x64, and Itanium Editions; Windows XP Professional SP2 and x64 SP2; Windows XP Embedded SP2 - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10184-2008 - archived
- Microsoft Windows 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0131-2005 - archived
References
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-04
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058531.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2
- http://ruder.cdut.net/blogview.asp?logID=227
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3376
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/936529(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483797/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483858/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483887/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483888/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492019/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26468
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28398
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018976
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html(US Government Resource)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-028
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38499
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5578
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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