CVE-2007-2494

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-05-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the PowerPointOCX ActiveX control in PowerPointViewer.ocx 3.1.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCommand, (2) FTPDownloadFile, (3) FTPUploadFile, (4) HttpUploadFile, (5) Save, (6) SaveWebFile, (7) HttpDownloadFile, (8) Open, or (9) OpenWebFile property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Office Ocx Powerpoint Viewer Ocx: through 3.1.0.3

References

http://moaxb.blogspot.com/2007/05/moaxb-01-powerpointviewerocx-31.html
http://osvdb.org/34332
http://secunia.com/advisories/25092
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23733
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1612
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34013
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3826
http://moaxb.blogspot.com/2007/05/moaxb-01-powerpointviewerocx-31.html
http://osvdb.org/34332
http://secunia.com/advisories/25092
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23733
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1612

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