CVE-2007-4221
Multiple buffer overflows in Motorola Timbuktu Pro before 8.6.5 for Windows allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 6.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Motorola Timbuktu Pro before 8.6.5 for Windows allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long user name and (2) certain malformed requests; and (3) allow remote Timbuktu servers to have an unknown impact via a malformed HELLO response, related to the Scanner component and possibly related to a malformed computer name.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 21 days later
· 21 days 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- 1018614 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- timbuktu-scanner-bo(36282) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26588 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- timbuktu-login-bo(36281) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20070827 Motorola Timbuktu Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- timbuktu-protocol-bo(36280) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2007-4204 (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-2007-4221)Record last updated .