CVE-2007-0650

Makeindex vulnerability

CVSS

6.8

EPSS

4.0%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite files and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: other overflows exist but might not be exploitable, such as a heap-based overflow in the check_idx function.

Affected vendor

Makeindex

Affected product

Makeindex

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2007-02-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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