CVE-2007-5481

Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse (DCC) 1.3.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a "SOCKS flood."

Published: 2007-10-16 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-5481 is rated Moderate Risk (45.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.73%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5481

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 2026-06-04 0.60% 0.73% +0.13%
2 2025-03-30 0.88% 0.60% -0.28%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.88% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5481

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5481

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5481

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2007-5481 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dcc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5481

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5481

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
distributed_checksum_clearinghouse dcc 1.3.65 cpe:2.3:a:distributed_checksum_clearinghouse:dcc:1.3.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5481

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