CVE-2007-1536
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 13.6%EU EUVD
Integer underflow in the file_printf function in the "file" program before 4.20 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 13.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1530)
- Published
- March 20, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1530 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- file / file
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2007/000161.html(Patch)
- http://openbsd.org/errata40.html#015_file
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24548(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24592(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24604(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24608(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24616(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24617(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24723(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24754(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25133(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25393(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25931(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25989(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27307(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27314(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29179(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:04.file.asc
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-26.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-19.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.512926
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-179.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1274
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/606700(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:067
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0124.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477861/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477950/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23021
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017796
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1040(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171452
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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