CVE-2007-4278

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the giomgr process in ESRI ArcSDE service 9.2, as used with ArcGIS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number that requires more than 8 bytes to represent in ASCII, which triggers the overflow in an sprintf function call.

Affected products

Esri Arcsde: 9.2

References

http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/ArcSDE-92sp3-issues.htm
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=577
http://secunia.com/advisories/26452
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018574
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25334
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2911
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36042
http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/ArcSDE-92sp3-issues.htm
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=577
http://secunia.com/advisories/26452
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018574
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25334

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