Vulnerability in Symantec Client Security

CVE-2007-3771

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Internet E-mail Auto-Protect feature in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition before 10.1, and Client Security before 3.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a long (1) To, (2) From, or (3) Subject header in an outbound SMTP e-mail message. NOTE: the original vendor advisory referenced CVE-2006-3456, but this was an error.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2007-3771: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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