CVE-2007-6561 EXPLOIT
5.7
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.7% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.7 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 6.67% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-12-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| pdflib | pdflib |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PDFlib 7.0.2 - Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities | 2007-12-24 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/40275
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28239
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29304
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-17.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3495
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485479/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27001
- http://osvdb.org/40275
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28239
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29304
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-17.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3495
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485479/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27001
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