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CVE-2007-2799 Details

Description

Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large file that triggers an overflow that bypasses an assert() statement. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-1536.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc	CVE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html	CVE
http://osvdb.org/38498	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241022	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25394	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25544	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25578	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25931	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26203	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26294	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26415	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29179	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34731	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11012	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm	CVE
http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1343	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-25.xml	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0391.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018140	CVE
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-2	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references	CVE	Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc	[email protected]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562	[email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/38498	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241022	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25394	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25544	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25578	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25931	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26203	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26294	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26415	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29179	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34731	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11012	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm	[email protected]
http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1343	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-25.xml	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0391.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018140	[email protected]
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-2	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 62 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
file file	4.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:file:file:4.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
sleuth kit the sleuth kith	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sleuth_kit:the_sleuth_kith:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 16, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 24, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]