CVE-2007-1252

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-1252
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-03-03 20:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 before Patch 175 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted headers in an e-mail message. NOTE: some information was obtained from third party sources.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Mail Security 5.0 All smtp All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Message Handling Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/33840 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/symantec_mail_security/5.0_... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.symantec.com
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Message Processing Bug May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#875633 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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