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CVE-2007-1891

Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetPrivateProfileSectionW function in Akamai Technologies...

9.3 High

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.

Exploit likelihood

6.77%Down 1.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

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.

Record
CVE-2007-1891
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2007-1891
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-1885 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2007-1885
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-frf9-9643-85j4 No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetPrivateProfileSectionW function in Akamai Technologies...

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.

Record
GHSA-frf9-9643-85j4
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2007-1891 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Akamai Technologies Download Manager, published April 18, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.77%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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