CVE-2007-1891

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-04-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetPrivateProfileSectionW function in Akamai Technologies Download Manager ActiveX Control (DownloadManagerV2.ocx) after 2.0.4.4 but before 2.2.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to misinterpretation of the nSize parameter as a byte count instead of a wide character count.

Affected products

Akamai Technologies Download Manager: 2.2.0.0

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=514
http://secunia.com/advisories/24900
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120241
http://www.osvdb.org/34323
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465908/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23522
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017925
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1415
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=514
http://secunia.com/advisories/24900
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120241
http://www.osvdb.org/34323

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