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critical 10.0

CVE-2007-6731 in the critical feed json

Extended Module Player (XMP) 2.5.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an OXM file with a negative value, whic…

published 2009-09-13 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-6693

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.1%
EPSS 14.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Extended Module Player (XMP) 2.5.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an OXM file with a negative value, which bypasses a check in (1) test_oxm and (2) decrunch_oxm functions in misc/oxm.c, leading to a buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • xmp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6731

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-2007-6731 updated cvss 5.8

xmp: Multiple buffer overflows in OXM decoder

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not 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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-30942)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30942 Extended Module Player (xmp) 2.5.1 - 'oxm.c' / 'dtt_load.c' Multiple Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities dos, 2007-12-27
  • aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/xmpbof-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27047 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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