{"cve":"CVE-2007-5740","nvd":{"published":"2007-10-31T16:46:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:46:44.330","status":"Modified","description":"The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-134"],"references":["http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-10/0889.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/27458","http://secunia.com/advisories/27520","http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1398","http://www.sec-consult.com/300.html"],"products":["vergenet:perdition_mail_retrieval_proxy"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:48:28.501292361+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-5740","score":0.12383,"percentile":0.96204,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}