CVE-2007-5197

Summary

CVECVE-2007-5197
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-02 16:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the Mono.Math.BigInteger class in Mono 1.2.5.1 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to Reduce in Montgomery-based Pow methods.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All hppa All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All m68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mips All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mipsel All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All powerpc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All s390 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All sparc All
Application Mono Mono 1.0 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13.4 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13.6 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13.7 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.17 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.17.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.18 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.4 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.8.3 All All All
Application Mono Mono All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 1.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10 All enterprise_desktop All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10 sp1 enterprise_desktop All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.0 All personal All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.0 All ppc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.0 All professional All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.0 All x86 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.1 All personal All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.1 All ppc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.1 All professional All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.1 All x86 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.2 All personal All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.2 All professional All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.0 All retail_solution All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All enterprise_server All
Application Suse Suse Linux Openexchange Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse United Linux 1.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandriva update for mono - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for mono - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-553-1: Mono vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Mono Mono.Math.BigInteger Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for mono - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: mono-1.2.3-5.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for mono - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
367471 – (CVE-2007-5197) CVE-2007-5197: mono Math.BigInteger buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo update for mono - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Bug 197067 - dev-lang/mono < 1.2.5-r1 Buffer overflow in BigInteger (CVE-2007-5197) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Mono Integer Overflow May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mono: Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Mono System.Math BigInteger Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:218 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1397-1 mono af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
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