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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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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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2007-2452, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium6.0AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (2 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

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Affected products

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