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CVE-2007-2224

Published: Aug 14, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
34.5%
Top 1.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Object linking and embedding (OLE) Automation, as used in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office 2004 for Mac, and Visual Basic 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the substringData method on a TextNode object, which causes an integer overflow that leads to a buffer overflow.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119CWE-189

Affected Products

officemicrosoft
Desktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
visual basicmicrosoft
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
n/an/a
microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/26449
secunia.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476527/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25282
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
Aug 14, 2007
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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