CVE-2007-2223

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 48.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 3.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the substringData method on a (1) TextNode or (2) XMLDOM object, which causes an integer overflow that leads to a buffer overflow.

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation XML Core Services: 3.0, 4.0, 6.0, 5.0

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=576
http://secunia.com/advisories/26447
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/361968
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476527/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476747/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25301
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018559
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2866
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-048/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-042
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2069
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=576

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