CVE-2007-1568

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in DaanSystems NewsReactor 20070220.21 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a yEnc (yEncode) encoded article with a long filename.

Published: 2007-03-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1568 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.93%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.71% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2007-1568

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3463 exploit_db edb 2007-03-12 Exploit-DB ↗
3462 exploit_db edb 2007-03-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1568

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 2025-12-30 39.22% 41.93% +2.71%
2 2025-11-07 38.37% 39.22% +0.86%
3 2025-10-06 38.37%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1568

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1568

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1568

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
daansystems newsreactor 2007-02-21 cpe:2.3:a:daansystems:newsreactor:2007-02-21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1568

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