VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 4.07%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.07% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- makeindex/makeindex
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26982
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30168
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-17.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:109
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23872
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1706
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225491
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32284
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1036
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26982
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30168
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-17.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:109
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23872
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1706
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225491
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32284
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1036
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.