Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2007-5135

CVE-2007-5135 is listed by inventory_critical.

Published Sep 27, 2007 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · the affected product

Last checked Nov 4, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check this week

CVE-2007-5135 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 16.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

Gaps on this record

  • No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
16.06%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe openssl/openssl

CVE-2007-5135 is listed by inventory_critical.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe openssl/openssl0.9.7

How to fix CVE-2007-5135

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2007-5135 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 16.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 0.9.7. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-189. EPSS 16.06%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 27, 2007 · Monitored products — critical

    Detected

    CVE-2007-5135 is listed by inventory_critical.

  2. Jun 16, 2026 · Monitored products — critical

    Updated

    CVE-2007-5135 is listed by inventory_critical.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2007-5135

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • Monitored products — criticalVendor advisoryCVE-2007-5135

    Off-by-one error in the SSL_get_shared_ciphers function in OpenSSL 0.9.7 up to 0.9.7l, and 0.9.8 up to 0.9.8f, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet that triggers a one-byte buffer underflow. NOTE: this issue was introduced as a result of a fix for CVE-2006-3738. As of 20071012, it is unknown whether code execution is possible.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 4, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
  • Monitored products — criticalNov 4, 2026