CVE-2007-1685

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in k9filter.exe in BlueCoat K9 Web Protection 3.2.36, and probably other versions before 3.2.44, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request to port 2372.

Affected products

Bluecoat K9 Web Protection: 3.2.36

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-06/0190.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-June/063848.html
http://osvdb.org/37186
http://secunia.com/advisories/25593
http://www.csis.dk/dk/forside/Bluecoat-k9.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/271601
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470836/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24373
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018210
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2104
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34773
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-06/0190.html

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