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CVE-2007-4476
Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 14.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- GNU TAR 1.15.91 / CPIO 2.5.90 - 'safer_name_suffix' Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30766dos, linuxpublished 14 Nov 2007Verified
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Timeline
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By redhat
- 14 days later
· 14 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.9% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References
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- 1021680 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 27331 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29968 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 27681 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26445 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 27453 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-2673 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1566 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 27514 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8599 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- USN-709-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0144 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-1438 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:233 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-735 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 27857 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0629 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200711-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:197 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 26987 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7114 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0628 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0141 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 28255 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33567 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 39008 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-650-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 26674 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-4459 (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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