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CVE-2007-2884

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 36.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2007-05-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Microsoft Visual Basic 6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or execute arbitrary code via a Visual Basic Project (vbp) file with a long (1) Description or (2) Company Name (VersionCompanyName) field.

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Basic: 6.0

References

• http://osvdb.org/41052
• http://osvdb.org/41053
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24128
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24129
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34475
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34476
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3976
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3977
• http://osvdb.org/41052
• http://osvdb.org/41053
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24128
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24129

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