Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 31, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-0612
CVE-2007-0612
Description
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, alinkColor, vlinkColor, or defaultCharset properties in the (1) giffile, (2) htmlfile, (3) jpegfile, (4) mhtmlfile, (5) ODCfile, (6) pjpegfile, (7) pngfile, (8) xbmfile, (9) xmlfile, (10) xslfile, or (11) wdfile objects in (a) mshtml.dll; or the (12) TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument or (13) TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument.1 objects in (b) triedit.dll, which cause a NULL pointer dereference.
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Affected products
11cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
8- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22288nvdExploit
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0547.htmlnvd
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-January/052057.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/32628nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2199nvd
- www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/activex-bgcolor.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458443/100/0/threadednvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31867nvd
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