CVE-2007-5740
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.
Published:Oct 31, 2007
Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
EPS:Oct 31, 2007
EPSS Score:0.25465
CVSS Score:7.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Vergenet
Product
Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy
Vergenet
Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
