# CVE-2007-3124: Memory corruption in n/a

> Local attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in the FreeVMS backup utility to gain elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jun 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j8ph-chv2-fc97

## What is CVE-2007-3124?

CVE-2007-3124 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jun 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Buffer overflow in backup/src/vmsbackup.c (aka the backup utility) in FreeVMS before 0.3.6 might allow local users to gain privileges via a long string in response to an "extract [ny]" prompt.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3124?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freevms Freevms.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-3124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-3124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-3124 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-3124 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jun 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3124/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3124/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3124
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3124
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-3124

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3124/
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