CVE-2007-2799
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 2.7%EU EUVD
Integer 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2791)
- Published
- May 23, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2791 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- file / file
- sleuth kit / the sleuth kith
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/38498
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25394(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25544(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25578(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25931(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26203(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26294(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26415(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm
- http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1343
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-25.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0391.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018140
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241022(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34731
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11012
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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