CVE-2007-0406 Memory corruption in n/a
Local attackers can exploit buffer overflows in gxine via a long HOME environment variable to crash the application or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-0406?
CVE-2007-0406 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jan 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) main function in (a) client.c, and the (2) server_setup and (3) server_client_connect functions in (b) server.c in gxine 0.5.9 and earlier allow local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0406?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gxine Gxine.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0406?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0406 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2007-0406 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0406 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pc47-fjwp-ff9q.