CVE-2007-0612 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting multiple ActiveX controls within Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista. Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer by accessing specific properties in various file objects within mshtml.dll or triedit.dll, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a critical impact of complete system unavailability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not listed on the KEV catalog or currently active on the Hot List, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0_ta3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0_ta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:*:vista:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.