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CVE-2007-1252
Buffer overflow in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 before Patch 175 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and…
High9.3EPSS 6.9%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- symantec-email-headers-code-execution(32781) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22782 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0799 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1017716 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 33840 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 24371 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#875633 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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