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CVE-2007-1252

Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—

Buffer overflow in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 before Patch 175 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted headers in an e-mail message. NOTE: some information was obtained from third party sources.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Symantec — Mail Security

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