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CVE-2007-3897

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.

Published

2007-10-09T22:17:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	outlook_express	≤ 6.0	Yes
Application	microsoft	outlook_express	6.0	Yes
Application	microsoft	windows_mail	-	Yes

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=607 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27112 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018785 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018786 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481983/100/100/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25908 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3436 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-056 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1706 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=607 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27112 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018785 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018786 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481983/100/100/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25908 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3436 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-056 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1706 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)