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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.7

CVE-2007-6561 json

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in PDFLib allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument…

published 2007-12-28 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-6527

cvss
5.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.7%
EPSS 6.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in PDFLib allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument to the PDF_load_image function that results in an overflow in the pdc_fsearch_fopen function, and possibly other vectors.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-30928)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30928 PDFlib 7.0.2 - Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities remote, 2007-12-24
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27001 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.7 AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.