Buffer overflow in Pdflib
CVE-2007-6561
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in PDFLib allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument to the PDF_load_image function that results in an overflow in the pdc_fsearch_fopen function, and possibly other vectors.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.067 (93.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.067 · newest: 0.067 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Pdflib — versions 7.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27001 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/40275 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485479/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-17.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29304 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28239 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3495 (third-party-advisory)