CVE-2007-5107: Ask.com Ask Toolbar

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 35.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX control in askBar.dll in IAC Search & Media ask.com Ask Toolbar 4.0.2.53 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ShortFormat property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: the researcher claims that this is the same as CVE-2007-5108, but there is insufficient detail for CVE-2007-5108 to be certain.

Affected products

• Ask.com Ask Toolbar: up to and including 4.0.2.53

Published 2007-09-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.