CVE-2007-3257

Camel (camel-imap-folder.c) in the mailer component for Evolution Data Server 1.11 allows remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via a negative SEQUENCE value in GData, which is used as an array index.

Published: 2007-06-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-3257 is rated Moderate Risk (57.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.12%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-3257

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 2.77% 3.12% +0.35%
2 2026-02-05 2.67% 2.77% +0.11%
3 2025-07-26 2.67%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-3257

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-3257

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-3257

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2007-3257 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (evolution, evolution-data-server), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3257
gentoo normal CVE-2007-3257: 2 GLSA(s) (200707-03, 200711-04), 1 atom(s) (gnome-extra/evolution-data-server); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-3257
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3257
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-3257 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (evolution-data-server), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-3257

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-3257

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome evolution 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-3257

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447414
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-hackers/2007-June/msg00064.html
http://osvdb.org/37489
http://secunia.com/advisories/25765
http://secunia.com/advisories/25766
http://secunia.com/advisories/25774
http://secunia.com/advisories/25777
http://secunia.com/advisories/25793
http://secunia.com/advisories/25798
http://secunia.com/advisories/25843
http://secunia.com/advisories/25880
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
http://secunia.com/advisories/25906
http://secunia.com/advisories/25958
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-04.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1321
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1325
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200707-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:136
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_42_evolution.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0509.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0510.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471455/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24567
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018284
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-475-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2282
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34964
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11724
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