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CVE-2007-2452

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.0 Published: 2007-06-04 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Findutils

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References