CVE-2007-3897

CWE-119 — Buffer Overflow3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICAL
EPSS
64.0%
top 1.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Outlook Express
Timeline
PublishedOct 9
Latest updateMay 1

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xcpq-cc29-8fch: Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and earlier, and Windows Mail for Vista, allows remote Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2007-3897: Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and earlier, and Windows Mail for Vista, allows remote Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)↗2007-10-09
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CVE-2007-3897 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.3) | Heap-based buffer overflow in Micro | cvebase.io