Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow…

Description

Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large file that triggers an overflow that bypasses an assert() statement. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-1536.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (30)

• DSA-1343 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 29179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 2007-0024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241022 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 26415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 1018140 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 25931 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 25544 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:114 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0391 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 25578 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 20070524 FLEA-2007-0022-1: file (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• file-assert-code-execution(34731) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2007-2071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 25394 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 26294 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 26203 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200705-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 24146 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 38498 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• USN-439-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 13:49 UTC.