Vulnerability in File
CVE-2007-2799
Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large file that triggers an overflow that bypasses an assert() statement. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-1536.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- File — versions 4.2
- Sleuth Kit The Kith
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1343 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29179 (third-party-advisory)
- www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/ (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26415 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html (vendor-advisory)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311