THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-5395
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-5395

Link Grammar vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
7.0%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the separate_word function in tokenize.c in Link Grammar 4.1b and possibly other versions, as used in AbiWord Link Grammar 4.2.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long word, as reachable through the separate_sentence function.
Affected vendor
Link Grammar
Affected product
Link Grammar
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2007-11-08

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 7.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-5395

  • Confirm whether Link Grammar Link Grammar is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-5395.
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