CVE-2007-0065

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 43.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista, Office 2004 for Mac, and Visual basic 6.0 SP6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script request.

Affected products

Microsoft Office: all versions
Microsoft Visual Basic: 6.0-sp6

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/28902
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27661
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019373
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0510/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-008
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5388
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/28902
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27661
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019373

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