Vulnerability in Symantec Mail Security
CVE-2007-1252
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.068 (93.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.068 · newest: 0.068 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Mail Security — versions 5.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32781 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22782 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0799 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/33840 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/24371 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875633 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-1252?
- CVE-2007-1252 is a vulnerability in Symantec Mail Security. Published 2007-03-03.
- Is CVE-2007-1252 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.