CVE-2007-3962

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-07-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in fsplib.c in fsplib before 0.9 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long filename that is not properly handled by the fsp_readdir_native function when MAXNAMLEN is greater than 255, or (2) a long d_name directory (dirent) field in the fsp_readdir function.

Affected products

Fsp C Library: through 0.8

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188252
http://fsp.cvs.sourceforge.net/fsp/fsplib/ChangeLog?revision=1.17&view=markup
http://fsp.cvs.sourceforge.net/fsp/fsplib/fsplib.c?r1=1.17&r2=1.18
http://fsp.cvs.sourceforge.net/fsp/fsplib/fsplib.c?r1=1.21&r2=1.22
http://osvdb.org/38569
http://osvdb.org/38570
http://secunia.com/advisories/26184
http://secunia.com/advisories/26378
http://secunia.com/advisories/27501
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-01.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:018
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25034

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