CVE-2007-0217
highpriority · attend · 70EPSS 0.584 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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 terminating null byte to be written outside of a buffer, which causes heap corruption.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-3444Microsoft Internet Explorer - FTP Server Response Denial of Service (MS07-016)functional · exploit_db
affected products (4)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (22)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=473enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24156enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/613564enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/31892enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462303/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22489enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017642enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.htmlenisa_euvd
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