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CVE-2007-3897
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and earlier, and Windows Mail for Vista, allows remote Network News Transfer…
High9.3EPSS 54.6%
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- microsoft
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and earlier, and Windows Mail for Vista, allows remote Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) servers to execute arbitrary code via long NNTP responses that trigger memory corruption.
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)
- 54.6% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (2 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
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 1018785 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- HPSBST02280 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1706 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS07-056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20071010 Re: iDefense Security Advisory 10.09.07: Microsoft Windows Mail and Outlook Express NNTP Protocol Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20071009 Microsoft Windows Mail and Outlook Express NNTP Protocol Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3436 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1018786 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 25908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA07-282A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 27112 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
Record last updated .