CVE-2007-4790

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 54.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in certain ActiveX controls in (1) FPOLE.OCX 6.0.8450.0 and (2) Foxtlib.ocx, as used in the Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 fpole 1.0 Type Library; and Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 SP1 and SP2, and 7; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the FoxDoCmd function.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01, 6-sp1, 6-sp2, 7
Microsoft Visual Foxpro: 6.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25571
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019378
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0512/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-010
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36496
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5481
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4369
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25571
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019378

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