CVE-2007-3955

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in the IEToolbar.IEContextMenu.1 ActiveX control in LinkedInIEToolbar.dll in the LinkedIn Toolbar 3.0.2.1098 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long second argument (varBrowser argument) to the search method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4217

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35578

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2620

http://www.vdalabs.com/tools/linkedin.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/26181

http://osvdb.org/37696

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-07-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

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

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08238