{"id":"CVE-2007-3791","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-3791","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:32.586Z","title":"Buffer overflow in the w_read function in sockets.c in Cami Sardinha and Nigel Kukard policyd before 1.81 for Postfix allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMTP commands.","description":"Buffer overflow in the w_read function in sockets.c in Cami Sardinha and Nigel Kukard policyd before 1.81 for Postfix allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMTP commands.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.","published":"2007-07-15T23:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:42:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["policyd/policyd"],"epss":{"score":0.04211,"percentile":0.90909,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/38091","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26021","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26649","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=522366","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/diff.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fsockets.c&rev=4&sc=0","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/log.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Fbranches%2Fv1.8x%2Fsockets.c&rev=0&sc=0&isdir=0","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1361","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24899","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35394","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/38091","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26021","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26649","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=522366","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/diff.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fsockets.c&rev=4&sc=0","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/log.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Fbranches%2Fv1.8x%2Fsockets.c&rev=0&sc=0&isdir=0","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1361","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24899","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35394","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3791","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."}