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TI-2007-01215 Aliases CVE-2007-1252GHSA-wppw-c5fq-jcc8

Buffer overflow in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 before Patch 175 allows remote…

Priority MEDIUM 50Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06891 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:mail_security:5.0:*:smtp:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableSymantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:mail_security:5.0:*:smtp:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-1252
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wppw-c5fq-jcc8

References

Patch 1

Other 2

  • TI-2007-05648 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView Viewer… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2005-00215 Heap-based buffer overflow in the DEC2EXE module for Symantec AntiVirus Library allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-04353 Stack-based buffer overflow in wp6sr.dll in the Autonomy KeyView SDK 10.4 and earlier, as… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2007-05649 Stack-based buffer overflow in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView Viewer, Filter, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-02893 Buffer overflow in xlssr.dll in the Autonomy KeyView XLS viewer (aka File Viewer for… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-02889 Integer overflow in kvolefio.dll 8.5.0.8339 and 10.5.0.0 in the Autonomy KeyView Filter… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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