Buffer overflow in Abiword Link Grammar
CVE-2007-5395
Stack-based buffer overflow in the separate_word function in tokenize.c in Link Grammar 4.1b and possibly other versions, as used in AbiWord Link Grammar 4.2.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long word, as reachable through the separate_sentence function.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.070 (93.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.070 · newest: 0.070 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Abiword Link Grammar — versions 4.2.4
- Link Grammar — versions 4.1b
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/27340 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26365 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-78/advisory/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00411.html (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38317 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3771 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/28101 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-27.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3770 (vdb-entry)