CVE-2007-5557

Unspecified vulnerability in the NEC mobile handset allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via crafted packets. NOTE: as of 20071016, the only disclosure is a vague pre-advisory with no actionable information. However, since it is from a well-known researcher, it is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.

Published: 2007-10-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5557 is rated Moderate Risk (56.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.47%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5557

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 0.61% 1.47% +0.85%
2 2026-06-06 0.46% 0.61% +0.15%
3 2025-03-30 0.46%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5557

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5557

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5557

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nec mobile_handset cpe:2.3:h:nec:mobile_handset:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5557

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