CVE-2007-0406

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) main function in (a) client.c, and the (2) server_setup and (3) server_client_connect functions in (b) server.c in gxine 0.5.9 and earlier allow local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Gxine: through 0.5.9

References

http://osvdb.org/38320
http://osvdb.org/38321
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=9655&release_id=476891
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0259
http://xinehq.de/index.php/news?show_category_id=1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31604
http://osvdb.org/38320
http://osvdb.org/38321
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=9655&release_id=476891
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0259
http://xinehq.de/index.php/news?show_category_id=1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31604

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