CVE-2007-2958
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD
Format string vulnerability in the inc_put_error function in src/inc.c in Sylpheed 2.4.4, and Sylpheed-Claws (Claws Mail) 1.9.100 and 2.10.0, allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in crafted replies.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2950)
- Published
- August 27, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2950 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sylpheed / sylpheed
- sylpheed-claws / sylpheed-claws
- sylpheed-claws / sylpheed-claws
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190104
- http://osvdb.org/40184
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26550(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26610
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27229
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27379
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-70/advisory/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-29.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25430
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2971
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=254121
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36238
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00077.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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