Vulnerability in Bluecoat K9 Web Protection
CVE-2007-1685
Buffer overflow in k9filter.exe in BlueCoat K9 Web Protection 3.2.36, and probably other versions before 3.2.44, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request to port 2372.
Published · last modified .
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: 0.135 (96.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.135 · newest: 0.135 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Bluecoat K9 Web Protection — versions 3.2.36
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470836/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2104 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34773 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/37186 (vdb-entry)
- www.csis.dk/dk/forside/Bluecoat-k9.pdf
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/271601 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24373 (vdb-entry)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-June/063848.html (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/25593 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-1685?
- CVE-2007-1685 is a vulnerability in Bluecoat K9 Web Protection. Published 2007-06-08.
- Is CVE-2007-1685 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.