CVE-2007-6457
Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to...
Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Host header.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Host header.
- Record
CVE-2007-6457- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Host header.
- Record
CVE-2007-6457- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-6423 No score
Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Host header.
- Record
EUVD-2007-6423- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xg28-h555-qr7c No score
Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to...
Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Host header.
- Record
GHSA-xg28-h555-qr7c- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Surgemail 38k4 - webmail Host header Denial of Service | 2007-12-18 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| aliases, exploits, facts, references, title | Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-6457 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Netwin Surgemail, published December 20, 2007. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.68%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
secunia.com/advisories/28142
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39087
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4245
securityfocus.com/archive/1/485224/100/0/threaded
securityreason.com/securityalert/3464
retrogod.altervista.org/rgod_surgemail_crash.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6457
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xg28-h555-qr7c