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CVE-2007-2452
Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow…
Medium6.0EPSS 2.2%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 33 days later
· 33 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- SSRT100018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- findutils-filename-bo(34628) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2015 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 40551 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36827 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20070530 GNU Findutils release 4.2.31 fixes CVE-2007-2452 (GNU locate heap buffer overrun) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 25477 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2760 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1796 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1018183 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 24250 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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