CVE-2007-2151

The administration server in McAfee e-Business Server before 8.1.1 and 8.5.x before 8.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a large length value in a malformed authentication packet, which triggers a heap over-read.

Published: 2007-04-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-2151 is rated Moderate Risk (46.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.86%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2151

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 2.31% 1.86% -0.45%
2 2026-05-13 2.22% 2.31% +0.09%
3 2025-12-06 — 2.22% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2151

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2151

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2007-2151

Solution: The vendor has addressed this issue in the following product update: https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=612751&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2151

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mcafee e-business_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:e-business_server:8.1:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee e-business_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:e-business_server:8.1:*:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee e-business_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:e-business_server:8.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee e-business_server 8.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:e-business_server:8.5.1:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee e-business_server 8.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:e-business_server:8.5.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2151

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