CVE-2007-3897 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and earlier, and Windows Mail for Vista. This flaw allows remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by sending crafted, long NNTP responses that corrupt memory. With a CVSS score of 9.3 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS indicating a higher likelihood of exploitation compared to most CVEs, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_mail:-:*:*:*:*:vista:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.