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CVE-2007-0978

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2007-02-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in swcons in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via long input data.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3

References

• http://osvdb.org/33200
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24154
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY94901
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017656
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0617
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32508
• http://osvdb.org/33200
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24154
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY94901
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017656
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0617
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32508

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