Multiple ActiveX controls in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by accessing the bgColor, fgColor, linkColor, alinkColor, vlinkColor, or defaultCharset properties in the (1) giffile, (2) htmlfile, (3) jpegfile, (4) mhtmlfile, (5) ODCfile, (6) pjpegfile, (7) pngfile, (8) xbmfile, (9) xmlfile, (10) xslfile, or (11) wdfile objects in (a) mshtml.dll; or the (12) TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument or (13) TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument.1 objects in (b) triedit.dll, which cause a NULL pointer dereference.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31867
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458443/100/0/threaded
http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/activex-bgcolor.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2199
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-January/052057.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0547.html