CVE-2007-5497
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5472)
- Published
- December 7, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5472 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
- ext2 filesystems utilities / e2fsprogs
References
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27889(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27987(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28000(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28030(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28042(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28360(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28541(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28648(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29224(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32774
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40551(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=560230&group_id=2406
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-040.htm
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX118766
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0262
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1422
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:242
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0003.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487999/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489082/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26772
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019537
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-555-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4135(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0761(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38903
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2011
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10399
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00618.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00629.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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