CVE-2007-3124

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in backup/src/vmsbackup.c (aka the backup utility) in FreeVMS before 0.3.6 might allow local users to gain privileges via a long string in response to an "extract [ny]" prompt.

Affected products

Freevms: 0.3.5

References

http://osvdb.org/35521
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24333
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34820
http://osvdb.org/35521
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24333
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34820

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