What is CVE-2007-4943?

CVE-2007-4943 is a vulnerability in Baofeng Storm, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2007-09-18.

Is CVE-2007-4943 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Baofeng Storm

CVE-2007-4943

Multiple buffer overflows in a certain ActiveX control in sparser.dll in Baofeng Storm 2.8 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed input in an unknown set of arguments or property values, a different DLL than CVE-2007-4816. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2007-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-16.

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: 0.033 (88.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Baofeng Storm

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/29274 (vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3111 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-4943?: CVE-2007-4943 is a vulnerability in Baofeng Storm, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2007-09-18.
Is CVE-2007-4943 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.