CVE-2007-6492 — The IMWeb.IMWebControl.1 ActiveX control in IMWeb.dll 7.0.0.x, and possibly IMWebControl.dll, in iMesh 7.1.0.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via an empty string in the argument to the ProcessRequestEx method

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The IMWeb.IMWebControl.1 ActiveX control in IMWeb.dll 7.0.0.x, and possibly IMWebControl.dll, in iMesh 7.1.0.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via an empty string in the argument to the ProcessRequestEx method

Published Dec 20, 2007

7.1

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.52%

Description

The IMWeb.IMWebControl.1 ActiveX control in IMWeb.dll 7.0.0.x, and possibly IMWebControl.dll, in iMesh 7.1.0.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via an empty string in the argument to the ProcessRequestEx method.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.52% 0.01518

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

EPSS probability 0.01518

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 (11 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.52% (0.01518)	73.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.52% (0.01518)	71.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.64% (0.00635)	68.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.33% (0.01330)	86.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 1, 2024	0.97% (0.00970)	83.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 26, 2023	0.93% (0.00932)	81.24th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.86% (0.00861)	79.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (5)

http://osvdb.org/40240
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://retrogod.altervista.org/rgod_imesh.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/28134
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485261/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4240
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/40240		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://retrogod.altervista.org/rgod_imesh.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/28134		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485261/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4240		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 20, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 20, 2007

Link CVE-2007-6492

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-6492

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-6492