CVE-2007-6387

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6387
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-15 02:46:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in the awApi4.AnswerWorks.1 ActiveX control in awApi4.dll 4.0.0.42, as used by Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks, and Intuit Clearly Bookkeeping, ProSeries, QuickBooks, Quicken, QuickTax, and TurboTax, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) GetHistory, (2) GetSeedQuery, (3) SetSeedQuery, and possibly other methods. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Intuit Bookkeeping All All All All
Application Intuit Bookkeeping All All All All
Application Intuit Proseries All All All All
Application Intuit Proseries All All All All
Application Intuit Quickbooks All All All All
Application Intuit Quickbooks All All All All
Application Intuit Quicken All All All All
Application Intuit Quicken All All All All
Application Intuit Quicktax All All All All
Application Intuit Quicktax All All All All
Application Intuit Turbo Tax All All All All
Application Intuit Turbo Tax All All All All
Application Microsoft Activex 4.0.0.42 All All All
Application Microsoft Activex 4.0.0.42 All All All
Application Vantage Linquistics Answerworks All All All All
Application Vantage Linquistics Answerworks All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks 4 API ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Intuit - Important Security Update CONFIRM www.intuit.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks 4 - API ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow - Windows remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Security Vulnerability Patch for AnswerWorks Desktop Help Search CONFIRM www.vantagelinguistics.com Patch
Intuit Products AnswerWorks ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Important Security Update MISC support.quickbooks.intuit.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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