CVE-2007-2496 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the WordOCX ActiveX control (WordViewer.ocx 3.2.0.5) affecting products like Office OCX and Word Viewer OCX. Remote attackers can exploit this by providing excessively long property values to various functions, leading to an Internet Explorer 7 crash. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (high severity), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists in ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:office_ocx:word_viewer_ocx:3.2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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