CVE-2007-2055

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-04-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

AFFLIB 2.2.8 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters involving (1) certain command line parameters in tools/afconvert.cpp and (2) arguments to the get_parameter function in aimage/ident.cpp. NOTE: it is unknown if the get_parameter vector (2) is ever called.

Affected products

Afflib: through 2.2.8

References

http://osvdb.org/35608
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2656
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467041/100/0/threaded
http://www.vsecurity.com/bulletins/advisories/2007/afflib-shellinject.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33964
http://osvdb.org/35608
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2656
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467041/100/0/threaded
http://www.vsecurity.com/bulletins/advisories/2007/afflib-shellinject.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33964

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