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Vulnerability · CVE-2007-6250

aol aolmediaplaybackcontrol Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Published May 1, 2010 · catalog updated May 1, 2010 · aol aolmediaplaybackcontrol Improper Restriction

Patch now

CVE-2007-6250 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm aol aolmediaplaybackcontrol Improper Restriction against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (aol aolmediaplaybackcontrol Improper Restriction).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
24.34%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor aol aolmediaplaybackcontrol

Stack-based buffer overflow in AOL AOLMediaPlaybackControl (AOLMediaPlaybackControl.exe), as used by AmpX ActiveX control (AmpX.dll), might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the AppendFileToPlayList method.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor aol aolmediaplaybackcontrolversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2007-6250

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2007-6250 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm aol aolmediaplaybackcontrol Improper Restriction against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 24.34%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 1, 2010 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Stack-based buffer overflow in AOL AOLMediaPlaybackControl (AOLMediaPlaybackControl.exe), as used by AmpX ActiveX control (AmpX.dll), might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the AppendFileToPlayList method.

  2. May 1, 2010 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2007-6250

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2007-6250

    30-day exploitation probability 24.3%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2007-6250

    Stack-based buffer overflow in AOL AOLMediaPlaybackControl (AOLMediaPlaybackControl.exe), as used by AmpX ActiveX control (AmpX.dll), might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the AppendFileToPlayList method.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.