CVE-2007-3897

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3897
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-09 22:17:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 22:53:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Outlook Express All All All All
Application Microsoft Windows Mail - All All All
Application Microsoft Windows Mail - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Windows NNTP Response Handling Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Microsoft Outlook Express Bug in Processing NNTP Responses Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus HP www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Windows Mail Bug in Parsing NNTP Responses Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-282A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-056 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
20071009 Microsoft Windows Mail and Outlook Express NNTP Protocol Heap Overflow IDEFENSE labs.idefense.com Broken Link
Microsoft Outlook Express And Windows Mail NNTP Protocol Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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