CVE-2007-6457

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Host header.

Published: 2007-12-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6457 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.68%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6457

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4748 exploit_db edb 2007-12-18 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6457

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 6.40% 3.68% -2.72%
2 2026-03-06 6.47% 6.40% -0.07%
3 2025-10-08 6.47%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6457

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-2007-6457

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6457

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netwin surgemail 38k4 cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:38k4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6457

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