CVE-2007-2956
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the readRadianceHeader function in (1) src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp in pfstools 1.6.2 and (2) src/Fileformat/rgbeio.cpp in Qtpfsgui 1.8.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Radiance RGBE (.hdr) file.
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
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2948)
- Published
- August 13, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2948 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pfstools / pfstools
- qtpfsgui / qtpfsgui
References
- http://pfstools.cvs.sourceforge.net/pfstools/pfstools/src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp?r1=1.8&r2=1.9
- http://pfstools.cvs.sourceforge.net/pfstools/pfstools/src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp?revision=1.9&view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26387(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26388(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-67/advisory/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-68/advisory/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/qtpfsgui/qtpfsgui-1.8.12.tar.gz(Patch)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2855
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2856
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35948
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35949
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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