Buffer overflow in Netwin Surgemail

CVE-2007-6457

Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Host header.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2007-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.037 (89.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.037 · newest: 0.037 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Netwin Surgemail — versions 38k4

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

secunia.com/advisories/28142 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39087 (vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4245 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485224/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
securityreason.com/securityalert/3464 (third-party-advisory)
retrogod.altervista.org/rgod_surgemail_crash.html (Exploit)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/26901 (Exploit, vdb-entry)