01 Record
CVE-2007-6561
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in PDFLib allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument to the PDF_load_image function that results in an overflow
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in PDFLib allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument to the PDF_load_image function that results in an overflow
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
- 6.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.7% 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
- 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
- 2007-12-28 00:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:11Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-27
- 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
- 2b0986102438ff23957b350b5bc2577c68f486f15151d80c029f76171e204cb6
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com27001http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27001
- osvdb.org40275http://osvdb.org/40275
- www.securityfocus.com20071222 pdflib long filename multiple bufferoverflowshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485479/100/0/threaded
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200803-17http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-17.xml
- secunia.com29304http://secunia.com/advisories/29304
- secunia.com28239http://secunia.com/advisories/28239
- securityreason.com3495http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3495