FKIE_CVE-2007-1252
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-03-03 20:19 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:37
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 before Patch 175 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted headers in an e-mail message. NOTE: some information was obtained from third party sources.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| symantec | mail_security | 5.0 |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:37:13.967",
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