CVE-2007-4440
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 64.5%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the MercuryS SMTP server in Mercury Mail Transport System, possibly 4.51 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long AUTH CRAM-MD5 string. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2006-5961.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 64.5% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4423)
- Published
- August 21, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4423 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pmail / mercury mail transport system
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-08/0341.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26519(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.pmail.com/m32_451.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25357(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018587
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2918(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36117
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36299
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4294
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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