CVE-2007-4037

Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled

Published: 2007-07-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-4037 is rated Moderate Risk (42/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.66%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4037

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 2026-03-15 0.63% 0.66% +0.03%
2 2025-03-30 0.94% 0.63% -0.31%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.94% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4037

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4037

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-4037

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2007-4037: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2007-4037

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4037

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
guidance_software encase — cpe:2.3:a:guidance_software:encase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4037

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