CVE-2007-1252 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 before Patch 175 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted headers in an e-mail message. NOTE: some information was obtained from third party sources.

Published: 2007-03-03

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 11.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:mail_security:5.0:*:smtp:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11468.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/symantec_mail_security/5.0_smtp/updates/release_notes_p175.txt
http://osvdb.org/33840
http://secunia.com/advisories/24371
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875633
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22782
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017716
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0799
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32781

History

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Subscriptions

Symantec Mail Security

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-03-03T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:50:35.224Z

Reserved: 2007-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1252

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-03-03T20:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1252

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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