THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-5846
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-5846

Net Snmp vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
29.0%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The SNMP agent (snmp_agent.c) in net-snmp before 5.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a GETBULK request with a large max-repeaters value.
Affected vendor
Net Snmp
Affected product
Net Snmp
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2007-11-06

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 29.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-5846

  • Confirm whether Net Snmp Net Snmp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-5846.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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