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CVE-2007-6561
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in PDFLib allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename…
Medium5.7EPSS 6.7%
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- mitre
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in PDFLib allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument to the PDF_load_image function that results in an overflow in the pdc_fsearch_fopen function, and possibly other vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.7 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.7% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.7.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- 27001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 40275 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20071222 pdflib long filename multiple bufferoverflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200803-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 29304 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28239 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 3495 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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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