CVE-2007-1536

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    CVE-2007-1536

    Published: 20 Mar 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer underflow in the file_printf function in the "file" program before 4.20 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/24548, http://secunia.com/advisories/24592, http://secunia.com/advisories/24604, http://secunia.com/advisories/24608, http://secunia.com/advisories/24616, http://secunia.com/advisories/24617, http://secunia.com/advisories/24723, http://secunia.com/advisories/24754, http://secunia.com/advisories/25133, http://secunia.com/advisories/25393, http://secunia.com/advisories/25402, http://secunia.com/advisories/25931, http://secunia.com/advisories/25989, http://secunia.com/advisories/27307, http://secunia.com/advisories/27314, http://secunia.com/advisories/29179, http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:04.file.asc, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-26.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-19.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1274, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:067, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0124.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1040, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939, http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2007/000161.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/24548, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html, http://openbsd.org/errata40.html#015_file, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.512926, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-179.htm, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/606700, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477861/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477950/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23021, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017796, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171452, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36283, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1148, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10658

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High