CVE-2007-3771 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published 15 Jul 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can crash the Symantec AntiVirus service by sending emails with excessively long headers, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2007-3771?

CVE-2007-3771 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 15 Jul 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Internet E-mail Auto-Protect feature in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition before 10.1, and Client Security before 3.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a long (1) To, (2) From, or (3) Subject header in an outbound SMTP e-mail message. NOTE: the original vendor advisory referenced CVE-2006-3456, but this was an error.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3771?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Symantec Client Security, Symantec Norton Antivirus.

How do I fix CVE-2007-3771?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3771 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-3771 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3771 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-f844-8gxq-37w7.