Vulnerability in GNU Findutils

CVE-2007-2452

Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (82.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2007-2452: held from 0.022 to 0.022.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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