CVE-2007-4776: microsoft visual_basic

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-4776 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft visual_basic. EPSS estimates a 48.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 10-09-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Visual Basic project (vbp) file containing a long Reference line, related to VBP_Open and OLE. NOTE: there are limited usage scenarios under which this would be a vulnerability.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.