CVE-2007-2452
N/A
Published: June 4, 2007 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFindutils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.
Remediation
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References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25477Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2760Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470108/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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