CVE-2007-0650
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite files and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: other overflows exist but might not be exploitable, such as a heap-based overflow in the check_idx function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0648)
- Published
- February 1, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0648 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- makeindex / makeindex
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26982
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30168
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-17.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:109
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23872
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1706
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225491
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32284
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1036
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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