CVE-2007-6008 — Heap-based buffer overflow in emlsr.dll before 2.0.0.4 in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView Viewer, Filter, and Export SDK allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Content-Type header line in an EML file

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HIGH

Heap-based buffer overflow in emlsr.dll before 2.0.0.4 in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView Viewer, Filter, and Export SDK allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Content-Type header line in an EML file

Published Nov 15, 2007

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.02%

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in emlsr.dll before 2.0.0.4 in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView Viewer, Filter, and Export SDK allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Content-Type header line in an EML file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.02% 0.03020

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03020

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 (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.02% (0.03020)	86.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.02% (0.03020)	85.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 29, 2025	4.57% (0.04568)	81.64th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.41% (0.03408)	86.60th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.74% (0.01736)	88.40th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 17, 2024	1.74% (0.01736)	88.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2024	0.44% (0.00443)	74.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.43% (0.00425)	74.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.40% (0.00400)	73.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.41% (0.00407)	73.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.71% (0.01710)	85.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	3.70% (0.03696)	85.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	3.70% (0.03696)	83.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	3.70% (0.03696)	66.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (1)

http://secunia.com/advisories/27304
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27304		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 15, 2007

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Nov 15, 2007

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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