CVE-2007-5007 [Medium] | Memory Corruption in Balsa

CVE-2007-5007 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-05-09	0.95%	0.99%	+0.04%
2	2026-03-02	1.22%	0.95%	-0.27%
3	2025-03-30	—	1.22%	—

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2026-05-09

0.95%

0.99%

+0.04%

2026-03-02

1.22%

0.95%

-0.27%

2025-03-30

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1.22%

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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]

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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]

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5007

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	low	CVE-2007-5007 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (balsa), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5007
`gentoo`	normal	CVE-2007-5007: 1 GLSA(s) (200710-17), 1 atom(s) (mail-client/balsa); latest impact normal.	https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5007
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5007
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2007-5007 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (balsa), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 5, ignored 4.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5007

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5007

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
gnome	balsa	1.1.7	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:1.1.7:::::::*
gnome	balsa	1.2.4	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:1.2.4:::::::*
gnome	balsa	1.4	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:1.4:::::::*
gnome	balsa	1.4.3	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:1.4.3:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.0.6	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.0.6:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.0.10	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.0.10:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.0.16	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.0.16:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.0.17	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.0.17:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.0.18	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.0.18:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.1	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.1:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.1.1	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.1.1:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.1.2	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.1.2:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.1.3	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.1.3:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.1.90	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.1.90:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.1.91	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.1.91:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.2	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.2:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.2.1	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.2.1:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.2.2	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.2.2:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.2.3	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.2.3:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.2.4	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.2.4:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.2.5	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.2.5:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.2.6	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.2.6:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.1	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.1:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.2	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.2:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.3	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.3:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.4	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.4:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.5	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.5:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.6	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.6:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.7	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.7:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.8	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.8:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.10	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.10:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.11	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.11:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.12	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.12:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.13	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.13:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.14	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.14:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.15	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.15:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.16	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.16:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.17	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.17:::::::*
gnome	balsa	2.3.19	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.3.19:::::::*

References for CVE-2007-5007

URL	Tags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193179	Exploit
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474366
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2007-September/msg00010.html	Patch
http://osvdb.org/40585
http://secunia.com/advisories/26947	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27272	Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-17.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25777	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3263
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297581

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CVE-2007-5007

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-5007

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5007

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5007

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OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5007

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-5007

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5007

References for CVE-2007-5007