CVE-2007-2452

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…

published June 4, 2007

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
82.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02225 · 82.5th percentile
Published
2007-06-04T16:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 JUN 16:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5