Is CVE-2007-5740 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2007-5740 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2007-5740?

CVE-2007-5740 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2007-5740?

CVE-2007-5740 has an EPSS score of 12.38% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5740?

Upgrade perdition on debian 11 to 1.17.1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2007-5740

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism.

CWE-134

How to fix

Remediation Available

perditionDebian

Fixed in:1.17.1-1CVE-2007-5740

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

12.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

archives.neohapsis.com

Vendor Advisory2

Other references8

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CVE-2012-1851	High	10.0	66%	-	-
CVE-2024-23113	Critical	9.8	62%	KEV	-
CVE-2012-3569	High	9.3	48%	-	-
CVE-2018-6317	Critical	9.1	44%	-	-

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