{"id":"CVE-2007-2726","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-2726","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:26.631Z","title":"BitsCast 0.13.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an RSS 2.0 feed item with certain invalid strings in a pubDate element, as demonstrated by repeated \"../A\" or \"A/../\" patterns.","description":"BitsCast 0.13.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an RSS 2.0 feed item with certain invalid strings in a pubDate element, as demonstrated by repeated \"../A\" or \"A/../\" patterns.","published":"2007-05-16T22:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:40:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["bitscast/bitscast"],"epss":{"score":0.03065,"percentile":0.87533,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2007-05-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":3929,"kind":"exploit","title":"BitsCast 0.13.0 - invalid string Remote Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3929","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/3929.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/3929.txt","published":"2007-05-15","added":"2007-05-14","updated":null,"author":"gbr","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-39767","CVE-2007-2726"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comBitsCast_0.13.0_WinXP.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/39767","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23993","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34344","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3929","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/39767","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23993","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34344","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3929","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2726","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}