CVE-2007-3903
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via uninitialized or deleted objects used in repeated calls to the (1) cloneNode or (2) nodeValue JavaScript func…
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via uninitialized or deleted objects used in repeated calls to the (1) cloneNode or (2) nodeValue JavaScript func…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted website using Javascript that creates, modifies, deletes, and accesses document objects usin…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "unexpected method calls to HTML objects," aka "DHTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7, when a primary DNS suffix with three or more components is configured, resolves an unqualified wpad hostname in a s…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the "File Download - Security Warning" dialog box and download arbitrary .exe files by placing a '?' (question mark) follow…
The URL handling in Shell32.dll in the Windows shell in Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003, with Internet Explorer 7 installed, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via invalid "%"…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 7 allows remote attackers to spoof the URL address bar and other "trust UI" components via unspecified vectors, a different issue than CVE-2007-1091 and CVE-2…
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving memory corruption from an unhandled error.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 drops DNS pins based on failed connections to irrelevant TCP ports, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct DNS rebinding attacks, as demonstrated by a por…
The focus handling for the onkeydown event in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to change field focus and copy keystrokes via a certain use of a JavaScript htmlFor attribute, as…
The embedded Internet Explorer server control in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.5.3.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified web script or HTML in an instant me…
Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 on Windows XP SP2 invokes Internet Explorer to render HTML documents contained inside some media files, regardless of what default web browser is configured, wh…
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, related to the mailto: option and Internet Explorer 7 on…
Argument injection vulnerability in the Linden Lab Second Life secondlife:// protocol handler, as used in Internet Explorer and possibly Firefox, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive informati…
The embedded Internet Explorer server control in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.1.41.2 and 6.2.32.1, AIM Pro, and AIM Lite does not properly constrain the use of mshtml.dll's web script and HTML funct…
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a (1) mailto, (2) nntp, (3) news, or (4) snews URI wit…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 through 7 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local files that have associated images via a res:// URI in the src property of a JavaScript Image obje…
Stack-based buffer overflow in certain ActiveX controls in (1) FPOLE.OCX 6.0.8450.0 and (2) Foxtlib.ocx, as used in the Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 fpole 1.0 Type Library; and Internet Explorer 5.01,…
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Quantum Streaming Internet Explorer Player ActiveX control in qsp2ie07051001.dll 1.0.0.1 in Move Media Player allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the local zone via a URI, when the do…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 embeds FTP credentials in HTML files that are retrieved during an FTP session, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading…
Integer underflow in the CDownloadSink class code in the Vector Markup Language (VML) component (VGX.DLL), as used in Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary cod…
Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) strings that trigger memory corruption during…
The tblinf32.dll (aka vstlbinf.dll) ActiveX control for Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 SP1, and 7 uses an incorrect IObjectsafety implementation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by…
Unspecified vulnerability in the pdwizard.ocx ActiveX object for Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to Microsoft Visual…
The CallCmd function in toolbar_gaming.dll in the Toolbar Gaming toolbar for Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and browser crash) via unspecifie…
The isChecked function in Toolbar.DLL in the ExportNation toolbar for Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and browser crash) via unspecified vecto…
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, when running on systems with SeaMonkey installed and certain URIs registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripti…
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, when running on systems with Netscape installed and certain URIs registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scriptin…
Interpretation conflict between Microsoft Internet Explorer and DocuWiki before 2007-06-26b allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks when…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to prevent users from leaving a site, spoof the address bar, and conduct phishing and other attacks via repeated document.open…
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, when running on systems with Firefox installed and certain URIs registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 executes web script from URIs of arbitrary scheme names ending with the "script" character sequence, using the (1) vbscript: handler for scheme names with 7 through 9 ch…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0 allows remote attackers to fill Zones with arbitrary domains using certain metacharacters such as wildcards via JavaScript, which results in a denial of servic…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of page history via the history.length JavaScript variable.
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and access restricted information from other domains via JavaScript that ove…
Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allow remote attackers to access arbitrary local files via the file: URI in the (1) src attribute o…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a ADODB.Recordset object and making a series of calls to the NextRecordset met…
Unspecified vulnerability in the FTP implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to "see a valid memory address" via unspecified vectors, a different issue than CVE-2007-021…
The MHTML protocol handler in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and Windows Mail in Windows Vista does not properly handle Content-Disposition "notifications," which allows remote attackers to obtain sensi…
A component in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and Windows Mail in Windows Vista does not properly handle certain HTTP headers when processing MHTML protocol URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain COM objects from Urlmon.dll, which triggers memory corruption during a call to the IO…
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) tag that triggers memory corruption.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing Internet Explorer to access an uninitialized or deleted object, related to prototype variables…
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) ActiveListen (Xlisten.dll) and (2) ActiveVoice (Xvoice.dll) speech controls, as used by Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7, allow remote attackers to exec…
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing Internet Explorer to install multiple language packs in a way that triggers m…
Buffer overflow in the NotSafe function in the idaiehlp ActiveX control in idaiehlp.dll 1.9.1.74 in Internet Download Accelerator (ida) 5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Inter…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site, uses ACE labels for the domain name in the status bar, but uses internationalized labels for this name…
Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in the EDraw Office Viewer Component (edrawofficeviewer.ocx) 4.0.5.20, and other versions before 5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Buffer overflow in the Provideo Camimage ActiveX control in ISSCamControl.dll 1.0.1.5, when Internet Explorer 6 is used on Windows 2000 SP4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a lo…
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1; 6 and 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 6 and 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the URL bar, and page properties including SSL certificates, by interrupting page loading through certain use of location DOM objects an…
Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in a URI with a certain scheme, possibly related to…
Heap-based buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in LEADTOOLS LEAD Raster ISIS Object (LTRIS14e.DLL) 14.5.0.44 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) or…
Buffer overflow in the BaseRunner ActiveX control in the Ademco ATNBaseLoader100 Module (ATNBaseLoader100.dll) 5.4.0.6, when Internet Explorer 6 is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in LeadTools Raster Dialog File_D Object (LTRDFD14e.DLL) 14.5.0.44 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) or exe…
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.0 through 6.3, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspec…
The NotSafe function in the MSVDTDatabaseDesigner7 ActiveX control in VDT70.DLL in Microsoft Visual Database Tools (MSVDT) Database Designer 7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (…
Buffer overflow in the Dart Communications PowerTCP ZIP Compression ActiveX control in DartZip.dll 1.8.5.3, when Internet Explorer 6 is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrar…
The PrecisionID Barcode 1.9 ActiveX control in PrecisionID_Barcode.dll, when Internet Explorer 6 is used, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname to the SaveToFile fu…
Stack-based buffer overflow in the PrecisionID Barcode 1.9 ActiveX control in PrecisionID_Barcode.dll allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 6 crash), and possibly ex…
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WebMail system in Stalker CommuniGate Pro 5.1.8 and earlier, when using Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web sc…
Multiple buffer overflows in RControl.dll in Remote Display Dev kit 1.2.1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via (1) a long first argument to the connec…
The Symantec NAVOPTS.DLL ActiveX control (aka Symantec.Norton.AntiVirus.NAVOptions) 12.2.0.13, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2005 and 2006, is designed for use only…
Unspecified vulnerability in the Init function in the Audio CD Ripper OCX (AudioCDRipperOCX.ocx) 1.0 ActiveX control allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and Interne…
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the HTML filter in SquirrelMail 1.4.0 through 1.4.9a allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) data: URI in an H…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2; and possibly 7 on Windows Vista does not properly "i…
Unspecified vulnerability in the CTableCol::OnPropertyChange method in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; and 6 on Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2; and 7 on Windows Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certa…
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2, or Windows Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML objec…
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2, or Windows Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML ob…
Unspecified vulnerability in the mdsauth.dll COM object in Microsoft Windows Media Server in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 and 7 on Window…
Stack-based buffer overflow in the SaveBMP method in the AXIS Camera Control (aka CamImage) ActiveX control before 2.40.0.0 in AxisCamControl.ocx in AXIS 2100, 2110, 2120, 2130 PTZ, 2420, 2420-IR, 24…
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the PowerPointOCX ActiveX control in PowerPointViewer.ocx 3.1.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (…
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the ExcelOCX ActiveX control in ExcelViewer.ocx 3.1.0.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCo…
The WordOCX ActiveX control in WordViewer.ocx 3.2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCommand, (2) FTPDownloadFile, (3) FTPUploadF…
CRLF injection vulnerability in the Digest Authentication support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11 allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a LF (%0a) in the…
A certain ActiveX control in askPopStp.dll in Netsprint Ask IE Toolbar 1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) via a long AddAllowed property value, related…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the animated cursor code in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 through Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (persistent reboot)…
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 through Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (persistent reboot) via a malformed ANI file, whic…
The default configuration of Microsoft Windows uses the Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol (WPAD) without static WPAD entries, which might allow remote attackers to intercept web traffic by registering…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows XP and Vista allows remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks and possibly execute arbitrary code via a res: URI to navcancl.htm with an arbitrary URL as…
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in an ActiveX control in SwDir.dll 10.1.4.20 in Macromedia Shockwave allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) and possibly…
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "download wiki page as text" feature in Trac before 0.10.3.1, when Microsoft Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web…
A certain ActiveX control in the DivXBrowserPlugin (npdivx32.dll) in DivX Web Player, as distributed with DivX Player 1.3.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7…
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IFRAME with a certain XML file and XSL stylesheet that triggers a crash in mshtml.dll when a refresh is…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to…
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Opentools Attachment Mod before 2.4.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in Internet Explorer via unknown vectors related to th…
A certain ActiveX control in the Common Controls Replacement Project (CCRP) CCRP BrowseDialog Server (ccrpbds6.dll) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) vi…
The child frames in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 inherit the default charset from the parent window when a charset is not specified in an HTTP Content-Type header or META tag, which allows remote at…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via JavaScript onUnload handlers that modify the structure of a document.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to prevent users from leaving a site, spoof the address bar, and conduct phishing and other attacks via onUnload Javascript handlers.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a frameset with only one frame that calls resizeTo with certain arguments. NOTE: this i…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain malformed HTML, possibly involving applet and base tags without required argumen…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a table element with a CSS attribute that sets the position, which triggers an "u…
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AJAX features in index.php in MediaWiki 1.6.x through 1.9.2, when $wgUseAjax is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 uses certain COM objects from (1) Msb1fren.dll, (2) Htmlmm.ocx, and (3) Blnmgrps.dll as ActiveX controls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 uses certain COM objects from Imjpcksid.dll as ActiveX controls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this…
The wininet.dll FTP client code in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an FTP server response of a specific length that causes a terminat…
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of browser and other device functionality) via a malformed WM…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6.0 SP2 on Windows XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an HTML docum…
Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in Darksky RSS bar for Internet Explorer before 1.29, RSS bar for Sleipnir before 1.29, and RSS bar for unDonut before 1.29 allows remote attackers to bypass Web co…
Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 2003 and 2003SE for Smartphones and PocketPC allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash and device instability) via un…
Multiple ActiveX controls in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by accessing the bgColor, fgColor, linkColor, a…
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page that contains a large number of nested marquee tags, a related issue to CVE-2006-2723.
DivXBrowserPlugin (aka DivX Web Player) npdivx32.dll, as distributed with DivX Player 6.4.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) by invoking the GoWindowe…
A certain ActiveX control in the Common Controls Replacement Project (CCRP) CCRP BrowseDialog Server (ccrpbds6.dll) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) vi…
The Common Controls Replacement Project (CCRP) FolderTreeview (FTV) ActiveX control (ccrpftv6.ocx) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long CCRP.Roo…
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.8.1 and earlier, when Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript:…
Integer overflow in the Vector Markup Language (VML) implementation (vgx.dll) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 on Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote…
Race condition in the msxml3 module in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, as used in Internet Explorer 6 and other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of s…
Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0 for the Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera web browsers allows remote attackers to force the browser to make unauthorized requests to other web sites via a…
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, and possibly the plugin distributed with Adobe Reader 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x befo…
CRLF injection vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, when used with the Microsoft.XMLHTTP ActiveX object in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP he…
Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, and possibly the plugin distributed with Adobe Reader 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2, when used with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome…
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in The Address Book 1.04e allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading the HTML file with a GIF or JPG extension, which is rend…
Flash8b.ocx in Macromedia Flash 8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long string in the Flash8b.AllowScriptAccess method.
An ActiveX control in ierpplug.dll for RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) by invoking the RealPlayer.OpenURLInPlayerBrowser…
An ActiveX control in SwDir.dll in Macromedia Shockwave 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long string in the swURL attribute.