CVE-2007-5037
Buffer overflow in the inotifytools_snprintf function in src/inotifytools.c in the inotify-tools library before 3.11 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the inotifytools_snprintf function in src/inotifytools.c in the inotify-tools library before 3.11 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.
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
- 3.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.3% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2007-09-24 00:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-09-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 00b9b8ecc9084f5a754fa61cc710173e4f2f90abeeee9f7a9bd8d00117ef1f8d
05 Affected products
06 References
- osvdb.org40563http://osvdb.org/40563
- secunia.com27616http://secunia.com/advisories/27616
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=540277&group_id=171752
- www.securityfocus.com25724http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25724
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-3074https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00228.html
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443913
- secunia.com28221http://secunia.com/advisories/28221
- www.debian.orgDSA-1440http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440
- secunia.com26825http://secunia.com/advisories/26825
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.cominotifytools-inotifytoolssnprintf-bo(36687)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36687
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- inotify-tools Fixed in 3.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- inotify-tools Fixed in 3.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- inotify-tools Fixed in 3.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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