| Name | CVE-2007-1536 |
| Description | Integer underflow in the file_printf function in the "file" program before 4.20 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1274-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 415362 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| file (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:5.39-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:5.44-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:5.45-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
Has got lots of reverse dependencies.
Some of them process remotely supplied untrusted input.