CVE-2007-3897

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and earlier, and Windows Mail for Vista, allows remote Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) servers to execute arbitrary code via long NNTP responses that trigger memory corruption.

• CWE-119

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=607Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27112Third Party Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018785Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018786Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481983/100/100/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25908Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3436Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-056Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1706Third Party Advisory
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=607Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27112Third Party Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018785Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018786Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481983/100/100/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25908Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3436Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-056Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1706Third Party Advisory

Published

Oct 9, 2007

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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