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CVE-2007-2799

N/A
Published: May 23, 2007 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:40 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFileThe Sleuth Kith

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large file that triggers an overflow that bypasses an assert() statement. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-1536.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (31)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://osvdb.org/38498
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25394
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25544
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25578
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25931

CVSS

5.1MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189

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