National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1749

Overview

Integer underflow in the CDownloadSink class code in the Vector Markup Language (VML) component (VGX.DLL), as used in Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via compressed content with an invalid buffer size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#468800

Name: VU#468800

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/468800

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-226A

Name: TA07-226A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-226A.html

External Source: BID

Name: 25310

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25310

External Source: MS

Name: MS07-050

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-050.mspx

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26409

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26409

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018568

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018568

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070814 EEYE: VGX.DLL Compressed Content Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/476498/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070814a.html

Hyperlink:http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070814a.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2874

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2874

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3020

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3020

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1784

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1784

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1784