CVE-2007-3902

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 35.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-12-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecalcProperty function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling the setExpression method and then modifying the outerHTML property of an HTML element, one variant of "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 5.x, 6.0-sp1, 6.0-sp2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5, 5.01, 5.1, 5.01-sp1, 5.01-sp2, 5.01-sp3 (+21)

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=631
http://secunia.com/advisories/28036
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019078
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484887/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485268/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26506
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-345A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4184
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-073.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-069
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38713
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4582

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