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CVE-2007-2452: gnu findutils

CVSS: 6.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-2452openSUSE-SU-2024:10758-1
Published 04-06-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-2452 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) vulnerability in gnu findutils. EPSS estimates a 2.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-06-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.23% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • findutils< 4.2.31-1
Gnu1 product
  • findutils4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2.28 | 4.2.29 | 4.2.30
Opensuse1 product
  • findutils&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.8.0-2.15

3 vendors · 3 products

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