CVE-2007-1891 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetPrivateProfileSectionW function in Akamai Technologies Download Manager ActiveX Control (DownloadManagerV2.ocx) after 2.0.4.4 but before 2.2.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to misinterpretation of the nSize parameter as a byte count instead of a wide character count.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19691.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:akamai_technologies:download_manager:2.2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Akamai Technologies Subscribe	Download Manager Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=514
http://secunia.com/advisories/24900
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120241
http://www.osvdb.org/34323
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465908/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23522
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017925
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1415

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-04-18T02:20:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:13:41.824Z

Reserved: 2007-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1891

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-04-18T03:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1891

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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