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CVE-2007-1866

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-1866 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the dns_decode_reverse_name function of dproxy-nexgen, affecting dproxy products. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted packet to port 53/udp. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on the KEV catalog or Hot List, public exploit code exists, including an ExploitDB entry, yet it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
nexgenCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dproxy:dproxy:nexgen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-3615 · Mar 30, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1018 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

dproxy.cvs.sourceforge.net / dproxy/dproxy-nexgen/dns_decode.c
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-March/053289.html
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-March/053302.html
secunia.com / advisories/24688
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/2518
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/33753
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1194