CVE-2007-3771

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-07-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Internet E-mail Auto-Protect feature in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition before 10.1, and Client Security before 3.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a long (1) To, (2) From, or (3) Subject header in an outbound SMTP e-mail message. NOTE: the original vendor advisory referenced CVE-2006-3456, but this was an error.

Affected products

Symantec Client Security: 2.0, 3.0, 3.0.1.1000, 3.0.1.1007, 3.0.1.1009, 3.0.2 (+5)
Symantec Norton Antivirus: 9.0, 9.0.0.338, 9.0.1, 9.0.1.1.1000, 9.0.1.1000, 9.0.2 (+15)

References

http://osvdb.org/36115
http://secunia.com/advisories/26036
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.07.11b.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018367
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018371
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24802
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2506
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35354
http://osvdb.org/36115
http://secunia.com/advisories/26036
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.07.11b.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018367

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