CVE-2007-2957
Integer overflow in McAfee E-Business Server before 8.5.3 for Solaris, and before 8.1.2 for Linux, HP-UX, and AIX, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large length value in an authentication packet, which results in a heap-based…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer overflow in McAfee E-Business Server before 8.5.3 for Solaris, and before 8.1.2 for Linux, HP-UX, and AIX, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large length value in an authentication packet, which results in a heap-based buffer overflow.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 6.22% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- mcafee/e-business server
- Source
- PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
EPSS 6.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26372Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-69/advisory/Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018878
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26269
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3663
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38175
- https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=614035&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=614035Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26372Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-69/advisory/Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018878
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26269
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3663
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38175
- https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=614035&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=614035Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.