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Status published
Medium
CVE-2007-2956
Stack-based buffer overflow in the readRadianceHeader function in (1) src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp...
Vulnerability Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the readRadianceHeader function in (1) src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp in pfstools 1.6.2 and (2) src/Fileformat/rgbeio.cpp in Qtpfsgui 1.8.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Radiance RGBE (.hdr) file.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2855
- http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/qtpfsgui/qtpfsgui-1.8.12.tar.gz
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-67/advisory/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35948
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26388
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2856
- http://pfstools.cvs.sourceforge.net/pfstools/pfstools/src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp?r1=1.8&r2=1.9
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-68/advisory/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26387
- http://pfstools.cvs.sourceforge.net/pfstools/pfstools/src/fileformat/rgbeio.cpp?revision=1.9&view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
Affected Vendor
pfstools
View all reports →Affected Software
pfstools, qtpfsgui
Vulnerable Versions:
1.6.2, 1.8.11
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 13th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.