01 Record
CVE-2007-4440
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 64.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-08-21 00:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-08-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3da3a40f47d95bdb36c892d2162c021f021619b649f0122191b7d26968bd3438
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com26519http://secunia.com/advisories/26519
- archives.neohapsis.com20070818 Mercury SMTPD Remote Preauth Stack Based Overrunhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-08/0341.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2918http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2918
- www.exploit-db.com4294https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4294
- www.pmail.comhttp://www.pmail.com/m32_451.htm
- www.securityfocus.com25357http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25357
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commercury-smtp-bo(36117)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36117
- www.securitytracker.com1018587http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018587
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commercury-authcrammd5-bo(36299)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36299