CVE-2007-1252
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 6.9% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1249)
- Published
- March 3, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1249 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / mail security
References
- 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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875633(Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22782(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017716
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0799
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32781
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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