Is CVE-2007-5730 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-5730 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-5730?

CVE-2007-5730 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-5730

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD

Heap-based buffer overflow in QEMU 0.8.2, as used in Xen and possibly other products, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted data in the "net socket listen" option, aka QEMU "net socket" heap overflow. NOTE: some sources have used CVE-2007-1321 to refer to this issue as part of "NE2000 network driver and the socket code," but this is the correct identifier for the individual net socket listen vulnerability.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 0.6% (49th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-5701)
Published: October 30, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5701 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
qemu / qemu
xen / xen

References

http://osvdb.org/42985(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25073(Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25095(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27486(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29129(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29963(Third Party Advisory)
http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf(Technical Description, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001842.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1284(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:203(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23731(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1597(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38239(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10000(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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