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medium 5.1

CVE-2007-2799 json

Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user…

published 2007-05-23 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-2791

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large file that triggers an overflow that bypasses an assert() statement. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-1536.

Patch / fix

  • file Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.21-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2799

  • file RHEL 4 4.10-3.0.2.el4
  • file RHEL 5 4.17-9.0.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0391

  • file openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.40-1.14

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10755-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-2799 updated

file integer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) file 4.17-9.0.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 file 4.10-3.0.2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) file 4.17-9.0.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 file 4.10-3.0.2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 file 4.10-3.0.2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 file 4.10-3.0.2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0391

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Exploit prediction

2.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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