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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2007-2222 in the critical feed json

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) ActiveListen (Xlisten.dll) and (2) ActiveVoice (Xvoice.dll) speech controls, as used by Microsoft Inte…

published 2007-06-12 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-2217

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
54.7%
EPSS 54.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) ActiveListen (Xlisten.dll) and (2) ActiveVoice (Xvoice.dll) speech controls, as used by Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ActiveX object that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated via the ModeName parameter to the FindEngine function in ACTIVEVOICEPROJECTLib.DirectSS.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-4066)

Exploit prediction

54.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-4066 Microsoft Speech API ActiveX Control (Windows XP SP2) - Remote Buffer Overflow (MS07-033) remote, 2007-06-13
  • EDB-4065 Microsoft Speech API ActiveX Control (Windows 2000 SP4) - Remote Buffer Overflow (MS07-033) remote, 2007-06-13

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.