CVE-2007-6593

Exp

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in l123sr.dll in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView SDK, as used by IBM Lotus Notes 5.x through 8.x, allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) Length and (2) Value fields for certain Types in a Lotus 1-2-3 (.123) file in the Worksheet File (WKS) format, as demonstrated by a file with a crafted SRANGE record, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5909.

Published: 2007-12-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6593 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.30%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 1 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-2007-6593

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30816 exploit_db edb 2007-11-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6593

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 17.17% 6.30% -10.87%
2 2026-03-14 16.30% 17.17% +0.88%
3 2025-03-30 16.30%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6593

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 9.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6593

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6593

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm lotus_notes 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6593

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