CVE-2007-1512

Stack-based buffer overflow in the AfxOleSetEditMenu function in the MFC component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 Gold and SP1, and Visual Studio .NET 2002 Gold and SP1, and 2003 Gold and SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to have an unknown impact (probably crash) via an RTF file with a malformed OLE object, which results in writing two 0x00 characters past the end of szBuffer, aka the "MFC42u.dll Off-by-Two Overflow." NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete patch (MS07-012) for CVE-2007-0025.

Published: 2007-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-1512 is rated High Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.33%, 95th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1512

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 26.02% 11.33% -14.69%
2 2026-04-13 25.33% 26.02% +0.68%
3 2025-11-06 — 25.33% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1512

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1512

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1512

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft visual_studio_.net 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2002:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_.net 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2002:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_.net 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2003:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_.net 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1512

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