CVE-2007-1891

critical

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetPrivateProfileSectionW function in Akamai Technologies Download Manager ActiveX Control (DownloadManagerV2.ocx) after 2.0.4.4 but before 2.2.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to misinterpretation of the nSize parameter as a byte count instead of a wide character count.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1415

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017925

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23522

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465908/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/34323

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120241

http://secunia.com/advisories/24900

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=514

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-04-18

Updated: 2018-10-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical