CVE-2007-5740
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
02 Description
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
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
- 12.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.8% 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
- 2007-10-31 16:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cfaa5d4622560b17439b32ea69c9746b2e29d13d4817230f752eebcd07052739
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com27520http://secunia.com/advisories/27520
- www.securitytracker.com1018883http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018883
- www.vergenet.nethttp://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/ChangeLog.shtml
- www.sec-consult.comhttp://www.sec-consult.com/300.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20071031 SEC Consult SA-20071031-0 :: Perdition IMAP Proxy Format String Vulnerabilityhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-10/0889.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1398http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1398
- secunia.com27458http://secunia.com/advisories/27458
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comperdition-imap-strvwrite-format-string(38184)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38184
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3677http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3677
- www.securityfocus.com20071031 SEC Consult SA-20071031-0 :: Perdition IMAP Proxy Format StringVulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483034/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com26270http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26270
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- perdition Fixed in 1.17.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perdition Fixed in 1.17.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perdition Fixed in 1.17.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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