Buffer overflow in GNOME Balsa
CVE-2007-5007
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ir_fetch_seq function in balsa before 2.3.20 might allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long response to a FETCH command.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (89.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNOME Balsa — versions 1.1.7, 1.2.4, 1.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25777 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/26987 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2007-September/msg00010.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3263 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/27272 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/40585 (vdb-entry)