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CVE-2007-5007

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5007 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the ir_fetch_seq function of the Balsa email client (versions prior to 2.3.20). This flaw could allow a remote IMAP server to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system by sending an overly long response to a FETCH command. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:balsa:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0389 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5007Moderate

balsa: IMAP server triggerred stack overflow

Sep 6, 2007

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
mail.gnome.org / archives/balsa-list/2007-September/msg00010.html
Patch
osvdb.org / 40585
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/26947
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26987
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27272
Vendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-17.xml
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
securityfocus.com / bid/25777
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3263