CVE-2007-2956

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the readRadianceHeader function in (1) src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp in pfstools 1.6.2 and (2) src/Fileformat/rgbeio.cpp in Qtpfsgui 1.8.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Radiance RGBE (.hdr) file.

Affected products

Pfstools: 1.6.2
Qtpfsgui: 1.8.11

References

http://pfstools.cvs.sourceforge.net/pfstools/pfstools/src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp?r1=1.8&r2=1.9
http://pfstools.cvs.sourceforge.net/pfstools/pfstools/src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp?revision=1.9&view=markup
http://secunia.com/advisories/26387
http://secunia.com/advisories/26388
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-67/advisory/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-68/advisory/
http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/qtpfsgui/qtpfsgui-1.8.12.tar.gz
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2855
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2856
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35948

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