7.8

CVE-2007-2246: sendmail Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
Published 25-04-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-2246 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in sendmail. EPSS estimates a 2.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-04-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in HP-UX B.11.00 and B.11.11, when running sendmail 8.9.3 or 8.11.1; and HP-UX B.11.23 when running sendmail 8.11.1; allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown attack vectors. NOTE: due to the lack of details from HP, it is not known whether this issue is a duplicate of another CVE such as CVE-2006-1173 or CVE-2006-4434.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.32% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Sendmail1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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