CVE-2007-3791
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the w_read function in sockets.c in Cami Sardinha and Nigel Kukard policyd before 1.81 for Postfix allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMTP commands. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3775)
- Published
- July 15, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3775 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- policyd / policyd
- policyd / policyd
- policyd / policyd
- policyd / policyd
- policyd / policyd
- policyd / policyd
- policyd / policyd
- policyd / policyd
- policyd / policyd
- policyd / policyd
- policyd / policyd
References
- http://osvdb.org/38091
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26021(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26649
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=522366
- http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/diff.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fsockets.c&rev=4&sc=0
- http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/log.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Fbranches%2Fv1.8x%2Fsockets.c&rev=0&sc=0&isdir=0
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1361
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24899
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35394
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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