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
02 Description
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
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
- 6.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.0% 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
- Important. 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
- 2007-11-08 02:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-12
- Assigning CNA
- flexera
- 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
- 2277513b2b6c9ab1ab14bd4863bf9adfd8bb201abdba2b8b4d2f630df00bcca1
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com27340http://secunia.com/advisories/27340
- www.securityfocus.com26365http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26365
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-78/advisory/
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=450695
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-3339https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00411.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comabiword-linkgrammar-sentence-bo(38317)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38317
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3771http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3771
- secunia.com28101http://secunia.com/advisories/28101
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200711-27http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-27.xml
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3770http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3770
- www.debian.orgDSA-1432http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1432
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196803
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-545-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-545-1
- secunia.com27300http://secunia.com/advisories/27300
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=371221
- www.securityfocus.com20071107 Secunia Research: AbiWord Link Grammar "separate_sentence()"Buffer Overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483370/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com27702http://secunia.com/advisories/27702
- secunia.com27783http://secunia.com/advisories/27783
- www.securityfocus.com20071107 Secunia Research: Link Grammar "separate_sentence()" BufferOverflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483368/100/0/threaded
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-79/advisory/
- secunia.com27631http://secunia.com/advisories/27631
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- link-grammar Fixed in 4.2.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- link-grammar Fixed in 4.2.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- link-grammar Fixed in 4.2.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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