CVE-2007-1252

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer 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.

Affected products

Symantec Mail Security: 5.0

References

http://osvdb.org/33840
http://secunia.com/advisories/24371
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875633
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22782
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017716
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0799
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32781
http://osvdb.org/33840
http://secunia.com/advisories/24371
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875633

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