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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2007-2238 in the critical feed json

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Whale Client Components ActiveX control (WhlMgr.dll), as used in Microsoft Intelligent Applica…

published 2009-04-16 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-2233

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
45.5%
EPSS 45.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Whale Client Components ActiveX control (WhlMgr.dll), as used in Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) before 3.7 SP2, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) CheckForUpdates or (2) UpdateComponents methods.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/mswhale_checkforupdates)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

45.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

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.