CVE-2007-3961 json
Off-by-one error in the fsp_readdir_r function in fsplib.c in fsplib before 0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a…
published 2007-07-25 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-3945
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.1%
- EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Off-by-one error in the fsp_readdir_r function in fsplib.c in fsplib before 0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a directory entry whose length is exactly MAXNAMELEN, which prevents a terminating null byte from being added.
Patch / fix
- secunia.com/advisories/26184 advisory
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-2007-3961 updated
fsplib off-by-one error
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
References
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secunia.com
/advisories/26184
third-party-advisory, patch, vendor-advisory
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/glsa-200711-01.xml
vendor-advisory
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mandriva.com
/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:018
vendor-advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org /show_bug.cgi?id=188252
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osvdb.org
/38568
vdb-entry
- fsp.cvs.sourceforge.net /fsp/fsplib/fsplib.c?r1=1.19&r2=1.20
- fsp.cvs.sourceforge.net /fsp/fsplib/ChangeLog?revision=1.17&view=markup
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secunia.com
/advisories/26378
third-party-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/27501
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2007-3961
- NVD CVE-2007-3961
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