CVE-2007-5007
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ir_fetch_seq function in balsa before 2.3.20 might allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long response to a FETCH command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4988)
- Published
- December 12, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4988 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
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- gnome / balsa
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- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
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- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
- gnome / balsa
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- gnome / balsa
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- gnome / balsa
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193179(Exploit)
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474366
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2007-September/msg00010.html(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/40585
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26947(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26987(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27272(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-17.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25777(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3263
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297581
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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