What is CVE-2007-1568?

CVE-2007-1568 is a vulnerability in Daansystems Newsreactor. Published 2007-03-21.

Is CVE-2007-1568 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Daansystems Newsreactor

CVE-2007-1568

Stack-based buffer overflow in DaanSystems NewsReactor 20070220.21 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a yEnc (yEncode) encoded article with a long filename.

Published 2007-03-21 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.078 (94.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.078 · newest: 0.078 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Daansystems Newsreactor — versions 2007-02-21

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

secunia.com/advisories/24487 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
osvdb.org/34035 (vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0934 (vdb-entry)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3462 (exploit)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3463 (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-1568?: CVE-2007-1568 is a vulnerability in Daansystems Newsreactor. Published 2007-03-21.
Is CVE-2007-1568 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.