CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-3897
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-10-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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 configurations
• microsoft outlook express (<= 6.0)
• microsoft outlook express 6.0
• microsoft windows mail
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=607 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27112 Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018785 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018786 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481983/100/100/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25908 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3436 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-056 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1706 Third Party Advisory
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=607 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27112 Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018785 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018786 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481983/100/100/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25908 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3436 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-056 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1706 Third Party Advisory