CVE-2007-5497

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-12-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.

Affected products

Ext2 Filesystems Utilities E2Fsprogs: through 1.40.2; 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07 (+34)

References

http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27889
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
http://secunia.com/advisories/27987
http://secunia.com/advisories/28000
http://secunia.com/advisories/28030
http://secunia.com/advisories/28042
http://secunia.com/advisories/28360
http://secunia.com/advisories/28541
http://secunia.com/advisories/28648
http://secunia.com/advisories/29224

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