CVE-2007-3897

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and earlier, and Windows Mail for Vista, allows remote Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) servers to execute arbitrary code via long NNTP responses that trigger memory corruption.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 9, 2007
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2007-3897: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix