Buffer overflow in Netsupport Manager Client
CVE-2007-5252
Buffer overflow in NetSupport Manager (NSM) Client 10.00 and 10.20, and NetSupport School Student (NSS) 9.00, allows remote NSM servers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted data in the configuration exchange phase of an initial connection setup. NOTE: a vendor statement, which is too vague to be sure that it is for this particular issue, says that only a denial of service is possible.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.039 (89.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Netsupport Netsupport_manager_client — versions 10.00, 10.20
- Netsupport Netsupport_school_student — versions 9.00
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-5252?
- CVE-2007-5252 is a vulnerability in Netsupport Manager Client, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2007-10-06.
- Is CVE-2007-5252 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.