CVE-2007-2187

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in eXtremail 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DNS response. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2006-6926.

Published: 2007-04-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2187 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 22.91%, 96th 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-2007-2187

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3769 exploit_db edb 2007-04-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2187

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 2025-12-11 22.24% 22.91% +0.67%
2 2025-10-16 6.65% 22.24% +15.59%
3 2025-03-30 6.65%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2187

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-2007-2187

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2187

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
extremail extremail 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2187

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