CVE-2007-5395

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    CVE-2007-5395

    Published: 8 Nov 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the separate_word function in tokenize.c in Link Grammar 4.1b and possibly other versions, as used in AbiWord Link Grammar 4.2.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long word, as reachable through the separate_sentence function.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/27300, http://secunia.com/advisories/27340, http://secunia.com/advisories/27631, http://secunia.com/advisories/27702, http://secunia.com/advisories/27783, http://secunia.com/advisories/28101, http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-78/advisory/, http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-79/advisory/, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-27.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1432, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-545-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3770, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3771, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=371221, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=450695, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196803, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483368/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483370/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26365, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38317, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00411.html

    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