CVE-2007-4625

Polipo before 1.0.2 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by aborting the response to a POST request.

Published: 2007-08-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4625 is rated Low Risk (38.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.07%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4625

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 0.60% 1.07% +0.47%
2 2026-04-19 0.50% 0.60% +0.10%
3 2025-03-30 0.50%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4625

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-2007-4625

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-4625

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-4625 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (polipo), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 4, released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4625

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4625

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
polipo polipo <= 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:polipo:polipo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4625

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