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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-05-23 21:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 13:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-05-22
- Assigning CNA
- freebsd
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8a527351202937a05e0c8089fdeaa64bf6aa7281a6bb2427b6a19da703d6067f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-1343http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1343
- secunia.com29179http://secunia.com/advisories/29179
- www.trustix.org2007-0024http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241022
- secunia.com26415http://secunia.com/advisories/26415
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0924http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- www.securitytracker.com1018140http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018140
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2007:040http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311
- secunia.com25931http://secunia.com/advisories/25931
- www.amavis.orghttp://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt
- secunia.com25544http://secunia.com/advisories/25544
- secunia.com29420http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:114http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0391http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0391.html
- secunia.com25578http://secunia.com/advisories/25578
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-03-18http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- www.securityfocus.com20070524 FLEA-2007-0022-1: filehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfile-assert-code-execution(34731)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34731
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2071http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071
- secunia.com25394http://secunia.com/advisories/25394
- ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2008-001ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- secunia.com26294http://secunia.com/advisories/26294
- secunia.com26203http://secunia.com/advisories/26203
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200705-25http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-25.xml
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11012https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11012
- www.securityfocus.com24146http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146
- osvdb.org38498http://osvdb.org/38498
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-439-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- file Fixed in 4.21-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- file Fixed in 4.21-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- file Fixed in 4.21-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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