CVE-2007-1041

Exp

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in S&H Computer Systems News Rover 12.1 Rev 1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .nzb file with a long (1) group or (2) subject string.

Published: 2007-02-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1041 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.90%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-1041

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3369 exploit_db edb 2007-02-24 Exploit-DB ↗
3342 exploit_db edb 2007-02-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1041

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 37.21% 6.90% -30.32%
2 2025-12-02 30.87% 37.21% +6.34%
3 2025-10-10 30.87%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1041

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1041

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1041

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sandh news_rover 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:sandh:news_rover:12.1:rev1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1041

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