CVE-2007-2496 — The WordOCX ActiveX control in WordViewer.ocx 3.2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCommand, (2) FTPDownloadFile, (3) FTPUploadFile, (4) HttpUploadFile, (5) GotoPage, (6) Save, (7) SaveWebFile, (8) HttpDownloadFile, (9) Open, (10) OpenWebFile, (11) SaveAs, or (12) ShowWordStandardDialog property value

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HIGH

The WordOCX ActiveX control in WordViewer.ocx 3.2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCommand, (2) FTPDownloadFile, (3) FTPUploadFile, (4) HttpUploadFile, (5) GotoPage, (6) Save, (7) SaveWebFile, (8) HttpDownloadFile, (9) Open, (10) OpenWebFile, (11) SaveAs, or (12) ShowWordStandardDialog property value

Published May 4, 2007

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.83%

Description

The WordOCX ActiveX control in WordViewer.ocx 3.2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCommand, (2) FTPDownloadFile, (3) FTPUploadFile, (4) HttpUploadFile, (5) GotoPage, (6) Save, (7) SaveWebFile, (8) HttpDownloadFile, (9) Open, (10) OpenWebFile, (11) SaveAs, or (12) ShowWordStandardDialog property value.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.83% 0.03826

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03826

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.83% (0.03826)	89.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.83% (0.03826)	88.68th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Feb 5, 2026	7.36% (0.07361)	91.50th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	5.98% (0.05980)	89.72th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	4.57% (0.04571)	81.64th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	5.98% (0.05980)	89.98th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	12.17% (0.12171)	95.62th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 28, 2024	12.17% (0.12171)	94.89th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 5, 2023	10.78% (0.10777)	94.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	10.50% (0.10497)	94.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.79% (0.06790)	92.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.79% (0.06790)	91.41th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.79% (0.06790)	79.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (6)

http://moaxb.blogspot.com/2007/05/moaxb-03-wordviewerocx-32-multiple_03.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://osvdb.org/34334
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/25100
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23784
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1634
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34027
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://moaxb.blogspot.com/2007/05/moaxb-03-wordviewerocx-32-multiple_03.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://osvdb.org/34334		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/25100		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23784		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1634		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34027		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 4, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 3, 2007

Link CVE-2007-2496

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-2496

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-2496