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CVE-2007-2958
Format string vulnerability in the inc_put_error function in src/inc.c in Sylpheed 2.4.4, and Sylpheed-Claws (Claws Mail) 1.9.100 and…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 3.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Format string vulnerability in the inc_put_error function in src/inc.c in Sylpheed 2.4.4, and Sylpheed-Claws (Claws Mail) 1.9.100 and 2.10.0, allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in crafted replies.
Timeline
ID reserved
By flexera
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- 26550 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2971 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26610 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-70/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 40184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=254121 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 27229 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27379 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- sylpheed-incputerror-format-string(36238) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-2009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-200710-29 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 25430 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190104 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2007-2950 (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-2007-2958)Record last updated .