CVE-2007-1162 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer 7 by sending long property values to a specific ActiveX control, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious site.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-1162?
CVE-2007-1162 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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) via a long (1) IsFolderAvailable or (2) RootFolder property value, different vectors than CVE-2007-0371.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1162?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Common Controls Replacement Project Browsedialog Server.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1162?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1162 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-1162 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1162 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7x72-43vm-8ffq.