CVE-2007-6593
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in l123sr.dll in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView SDK, as used by IBM Lotus Notes 5.x through 8.x,…
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Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in l123sr.dll in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView SDK, as used by IBM Lotus Notes 5.x through 8.x, allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) Length and (2) Value fields for certain Types in a Lotus 1-2-3 (.123) file in the Worksheet File (WKS) format, as demonstrated by a file with a crafted SRANGE record, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5909.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Autonomy KeyView Lotus 1-2-3 - File Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30816remote, windowspublished 26 Nov 2007Verified
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Timeline
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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 | High8.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 3499 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=475&uid=swg21285600 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 26604 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20071127 CORE-2007-0821: Lotus Notes buffer overflow in the Lotus WorkSheet file processor (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1019096 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27849 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4020 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1019002 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 27836 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27835 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- lotus-123fileviewer-bo(38645) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?action=item&id=2008 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20071127 CORE-2007-0821: Lotus Notes buffer overflow in the Lotus WorkSheet file processor (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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-2007-6559 (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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