CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2007-0650

Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite files and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: other overflows exist but might not be exploitable, such as a heap-based overflow in the check_idx function.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225491
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23872
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1036
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-17.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:109
http://secunia.com/advisories/26982
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/30168
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1706
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32284
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:makeindex:makeindex:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2007-02-01 07:28

Updated : 2017-07-29 01:30

NVD link : CVE-2007-0650

Mitre link : CVE-2007-0650

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other