CVE-2007-5740
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 12.4%EU EUVD
The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism.
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-134
- EPSS score
- 12.4% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5711)
- Published
- October 31, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5711 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vergenet / perdition mail retrieval proxy
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-10/0889.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27458(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27520(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1398
- http://www.sec-consult.com/300.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483034/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26270
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018883
- http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/ChangeLog.shtml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3677
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38184
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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