CVE-2007-0018
Stack-based buffer overflow in the NCTAudioFile2.AudioFile ActiveX control (NCTAudioFile2.dll), as used by multiple products, allows…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 37.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the NCTAudioFile2.AudioFile ActiveX control (NCTAudioFile2.dll), as used by multiple products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the SetFormatLikeSample function. NOTE: the products include (1) NCTsoft NCTAudioStudio, NCTAudioEditor, and NCTDialogicVoice; (2) Magic Audio Recorder, Music Editor, and Audio Converter; (3) Aurora Media Workshop; DB Audio Mixer And Editor; (4) J. Hepple Products including Fx Audio Editor and others; (5) EXPStudio Audio Editor; (6) iMesh; (7) Quikscribe; (8) RMBSoft AudioConvert and SoundEdit Pro 2.1; (9) CDBurnerXP; (10) Code-it Software Wave MP3 Editor and aBasic Editor; (11) Movavi VideoMessage, DVD to iPod, and others; (12) SoftDiv Software Dexster, iVideoMAX, and others; (13) Sienzo Digital Music Mentor (DMM); (14) MP3 Normalizer; (15) Roemer Software FREE and Easy Hi-Q Recorder, and Easy Hi-Q Converter; (16) Audio Edit Magic; (17) Joshua Video and Audio Converter; (18) Virtual CD; (19) Cheetah CD and DVD Burner; (20) Mystik Media AudioEdit Deluxe, Blaze Media, and others; (21) Power Audio Editor; (22) DanDans Digital Media Full Audio Converter, Music Editing Master, and others; (23) Xrlly Software Text to Speech Makerand Arial Sound Recorder / Audio Converter; (24) Absolute Sound Recorder, Video to Audio Converter, and MP3 Splitter; (25) Easy Ringtone Maker; (26) RecordNRip; (27) McFunSoft iPod Audio Studio, Audio Recorder for Free, and others; (28) MP3 WAV Converter; (29) BearShare 6.0.2.26789; and (30) Oracle Siebel SimBuilder and CRM 7.x.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- NCTAudioFile2 v2.x ActiveX Control SetFormatLikeSample() Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/nctaudiofile2_setformatlikesampleRank normaldisclosed 24 Jan 2007
Exploit-DB3 entries
- NCTAudioFile2 2.x - ActiveX Control 'SetFormatLikeSample()' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16603remote, windowspublished 3 Jul 2010Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - NCTAudioFile2.AudioFile ActiveX Remote Stack Overflow (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3808remote, windowspublished 27 Apr 2007Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - NCTAudioFile2.AudioFile ActiveX Remote Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3728remote, windowspublished 13 Apr 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By flexera
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 37.3% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0022 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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