CVE-2007-1252 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 before Patch 175 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted headers in an e-mail message. NOTE: some information was obtained from third party sources.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11076.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Symantec	Mail Security

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:mail_security:5.0:*:smtp:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/symantec_mail_security/5.0_smtp/updates/release_notes_p175.txt
http://osvdb.org/33840
http://secunia.com/advisories/24371
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875633
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22782
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017716
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0799
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32781

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-03-03T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:50:35.224Z

Reserved: 2007-03-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-1252

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-03-03T20:19:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-1252

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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