CVE-2007-2452

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 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: 2007-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.

Affected products

GNU Findutils: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2.28, 4.2.29, 4.2.30

References

http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
http://osvdb.org/36827
http://secunia.com/advisories/25477
http://secunia.com/advisories/40551
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2760
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470108/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24250
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018183
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2015
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34628
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083

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