CVE-2007-0475 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.4 Published 3 Feb 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local users on the Smb4K sudoers list can exploit stack-based buffer overflows to gain elevated privileges.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2007-0475?

CVE-2007-0475 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Feb 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in utilities/smb4k_*.cpp in Smb4K before 0.8.0 allow local users, when present on the Smb4K sudoers list, to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to the args variable and unspecified other variables, in conjunction with the sudo configuration.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0475?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Smb4k Smb4k.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0475?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-0475 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0475 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0475, GHSA-37jj-mf3j-h43w.