CVE-2007-2952
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the filter service (aka k9filter.exe) in Blue Coat K9 Web Protection 3.2.44 with Filter 3.2.32…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 15.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the filter service (aka k9filter.exe) in Blue Coat K9 Web Protection 3.2.44 with Filter 3.2.32 allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP Referer header to the K9 Web Protection Administration interface and (2) man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP response with a long HTTP version field.
Timeline
ID reserved
By flexera
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.5% · top 3.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- 20080731 Secunia Research: Blue Coat K9 Web Protection "Referer" Header Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-61/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- bluecoat-k9-referer-bo(44123) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30463 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 30464 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1020587 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-64/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2263 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1020588 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 25813 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- bluecoat-k9-version-bo(44124) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080731 Secunia Research: Blue Coat K9 Web Protection Response Handling Buffer Overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-2944 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-2952)Record last updated .