CVE-2007-2494 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the PowerPointOCX ActiveX control (PowerPointViewer.ocx 3.1.0.3), affecting products like Office OCX and PowerPoint Viewer OCX. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) by providing overly long property values to various functions. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and despite its high FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100, it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:office_ocx:powerpoint_viewer_ocx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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