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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2007-2956 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the readRadianceHeader function in (1) src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp in pfstools 1.6.2 and (2) src/Fileformat/rg…

published 2007-08-13 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-2948

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the readRadianceHeader function in (1) src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp in pfstools 1.6.2 and (2) src/Fileformat/rgbeio.cpp in Qtpfsgui 1.8.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Radiance RGBE (.hdr) file.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

3.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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