CVE-2007-6026: microsoft jet

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6026 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft jet. EPSS estimates a 28.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 20-11-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft msjet40.dll 4.0.8618.0 (aka Microsoft Jet Engine), as used by Access 2003 in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MDB file database file containing a column structure with a modified column count. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2005-0944.

• 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.