CVE-2007-1523

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

Heap-based buffer overflow in the kernel in NetBSD 3.0, certain versions of FreeBSD and OpenBSD, and possibly other BSD derived operating systems allows local users to have an unknown impact. NOTE: this information is based upon a vague pre-advisory with no actionable information. Details will be updated after 20070329.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.24%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 68
Score date: 10/8/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Netbsd — Netbsd

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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