HIGH
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 Oct 9, 2007
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 54.63%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 6.0
- 6.0
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
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
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
54.63% 0.54631
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.54631
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 54.63% (0.54631) | 98.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 54.63% (0.54631) | 98.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 64.04% (0.64036) | 98.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 54.45% (0.54450) | 97.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 64.04% (0.64036) | 98.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 95.12% (0.95120) | 99.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 5, 2024 | 95.73% (0.95733) | 99.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 28, 2024 | 95.87% (0.95874) | 99.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 20, 2024 | 95.82% (0.95823) | 99.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 12, 2024 | 95.87% (0.95873) | 99.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 21, 2023 | 95.86% (0.95855) | 99.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 9, 2023 | 95.51% (0.95506) | 99.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 5, 2023 | 95.30% (0.95300) | 99.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 95.73% (0.95731) | 99.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2023 | 96.02% (0.96016) | 99.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2023 | 96.33% (0.96327) | 99.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.57% (0.96574) | 99.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 23.11% (0.23108) | 96.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 23.11% (0.23108) | 96.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 23.11% (0.23108) | 94.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=607 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27112 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018785 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018786 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481983/100/100/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25908 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3436 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-056 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSPatchVendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1706 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=607 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEBroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27112 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1018785 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1018786 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481983/100/100/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threaded | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25908 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3436 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-056 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1706 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Oct 9, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 19, 2007
Link CVE-2007-3897
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a