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CVE-2007-6573
QK SMTP Server 3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) HELO, (2) MAIL FROM, or (3) RCPT TO…
High7.8EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
QK SMTP Server 3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) HELO, (2) MAIL FROM, or (3) RCPT TO command; or (4) a long string in the message sent after the DATA command; possibly a related issue to CVE-2006-5551.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 3494 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 43533 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20071212 QK SMTP Server 3 - Denial of service (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)
- 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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