CVE-2007-5497
Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.
02 Description
Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.
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
- 4.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.3% 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
- 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
- 2007-12-07 11:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-17
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- fe68125072a4c9ded15e91be310699edc1b4060ef6a5ebd53e3a69d6798d2955
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com27965http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
- www.securitytracker.com1019537http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019537
- www.securityfocus.com26772http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26772
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0004.html
- secunia.com28541http://secunia.com/advisories/28541
- secunia.com28000http://secunia.com/advisories/28000
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.come2fsprogs-libext2fs-integer-overflow(38903)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38903
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10399https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10399
- itrc.hp.comSSRT100018http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0003http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0003.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-4135http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4135
- www.securityfocus.com20080212 FLEA-2008-0005-1 e2fsprogshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487999/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com28042http://secunia.com/advisories/28042
- www.securityfocus.com20080303 VMSA-2008-0004 Low: Updated e2fsprogs service console packagehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489082/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com29224http://secunia.com/advisories/29224
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-4461https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00629.html
- secunia.com40551http://secunia.com/advisories/40551
- www.debian.orgDSA-1422http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1422
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:025http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
- secunia.com27987http://secunia.com/advisories/27987
- secunia.com28030http://secunia.com/advisories/28030
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0761http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0761
- support.citrix.comhttp://support.citrix.com/article/CTX118766
- secunia.com27889http://secunia.com/advisories/27889
- secunia.com28648http://secunia.com/advisories/28648
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1796http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-555-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-555-1
- secunia.com28360http://secunia.com/advisories/28360
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=560230&group_id=2406
- secunia.com32774http://secunia.com/advisories/32774
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2011
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-4447https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00618.html
- lists.vmware.com[Security-announce] 20080303 VMSA-2008-0004 Low: Updated e2fsprogs service console packagehttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000007.html
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-040.htm
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0262
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:242http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:242
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- e2fsprogs Fixed in 1.40.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- e2fsprogs Fixed in 1.40.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- e2fsprogs Fixed in 1.40.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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