CVE-2007-3897
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 54.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 54.6% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3881)
- Published
- October 9, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3881 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / outlook express
- microsoft / outlook express
- microsoft / windows mail
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=607(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27112(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018785(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018786(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481983/100/100/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25908(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3436(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-056(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1706(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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