CVE-2007-6561

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6561
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-28 00:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in PDFLib allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument to the PDF_load_image function that results in an overflow in the pdc_fsearch_fopen function, and possibly other vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.7 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pdflib Pdflib 7.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityReason - pdflib long filename multiple bufferoverflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Gentoo update for pdflib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
PDFlib "pdc_fsearch_fopen()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/40275 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
PDFlib: Multiple buffer overflows — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
PDFlib Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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