CVE-2007-2799

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-2799
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerfreebsd
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-23 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application File File 4.2 All All All
Application Sleuth Kit The Sleuth Kith All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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SUSE update for file - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Amavis file Integer Underflow and Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
File Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
USN-439-2: file vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1343-1 file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
osvdb.org/38498 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
About Security Update 2008-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Avaya Products file "file_printf()" Integer Underflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for file - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
rPath update for file - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for file - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
NetBSD file "file_printf()" Integer Underflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 Security Update 2008-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.amavis.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:114 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- file: Integer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
241022 – (CVE-2007-2799) CVE-2007-2799 file integer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Trustix Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ASA-2007-290 (RHSA-2007-0391) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - file Integer Overflow in file_printf() May Let Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
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