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TI-2007-02791 Aliases CVE-2007-2884GHSA-4594-3h26-2mp7

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Microsoft Visual Basic 6 allow user-assisted…

Priority HIGH 66CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Microsoft Visual Basic 6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or execute arbitrary code via a Visual Basic Project (vbp) file with a long (1) Description or (2) Company Name (VersionCompanyName) field.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.36218 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-2884
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4594-3h26-2mp7

References

Exploit 2

Other 2

  • TI-2012-01640 The TabStrip ActiveX control in the Common Controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in Microsoft Office… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2012-00154 The (1) ListView, (2) ListView2, (3) TreeView, and (4) TreeView2 ActiveX controls in… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2003-00327 Heap-based buffer overflow in VBE.DLL and VBE6.DLL of Microsoft Visual Basic for… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2008-03546 Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2008-04076 Heap-based buffer overflow in mscomct2.ocx (aka Windows Common ActiveX control or… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2007-00061 Heap-based buffer overflow in Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation in Microsoft… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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