HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-5707

Openldap vulnerability

CVSS
7.1
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
OpenLDAP before 2.3.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) via an LDAP request with a malformed objectClasses attribute. NOTE: this has been reported as a double free, but the reports are inconsistent.
Affected vendor
Openldap
Affected product
Openldap
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2007-10-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-5707

  • Confirm whether Openldap Openldap is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-5707.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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