CVE-2007-6255
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 30.1%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the Microsoft HeartbeatCtl ActiveX control in HRTBEAT.OCX allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Host argument to an unspecified method.
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
- 30.1% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6223)
- Published
- April 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6223 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 server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://osvdb.org/44652(Broken Link)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/570089(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28882(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-069
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41940(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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