01 Record
CVE-2007-6183
Format string vulnerability in the mdiag_initialize function in gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c in Ruby-GNOME 2 (aka Ruby/Gnome2) 0.16.0, and SVN versions before 20071127, allows context-dependent
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in the mdiag_initialize function in gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c in Ruby-GNOME 2 (aka Ruby/Gnome2) 0.16.0, and SVN versions before 20071127, allows context-dependent
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
- 3.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% 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
- 2007-11-30 00:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-11-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 284b3756d8f6995ef7f2d0676ad39d1dee453b91969184bd47232b3724f6bf19
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200712-09http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-09.xml
- secunia.com27825http://secunia.com/advisories/27825
- ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.nethttp://ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/trunk/gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c?view=log
- secunia.com28022http://secunia.com/advisories/28022
- www.securityfocus.com26616http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26616
- www.securityfocus.com20071127 Ruby/Gnome2 0.16.0 Format String Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484240/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-4216https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00214.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=402871
- securityreason.com3407http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3407
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-4022http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4022
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-4229https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00251.html
- secunia.com27975http://secunia.com/advisories/27975
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200623
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453689
- secunia.com28060http://secunia.com/advisories/28060
- osvdb.org40774http://osvdb.org/40774
- www.debian.orgDSA-1431http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1431
- em386.blogspot.comhttp://em386.blogspot.com/2007/11/your-favorite-better-than-c-scripting.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:033http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:033
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comrubygnome2-mdiaginitialize-format-string(38757)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38757