CVE-2007-5730 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-5730?

CVE-2007-5730 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 30 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Heap-based buffer overflow in QEMU 0.8.2, as used in Xen and possibly other products, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted data in the "net socket listen" option, aka QEMU "net socket" heap overflow. NOTE: some sources have used CVE-2007-1321 to refer to this issue as part of "NE2000 network driver and the socket code," but this is the correct identifier for the individual net socket listen vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5730?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Qemu Qemu.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5730?

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-2007-5730 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5730 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5730, GHSA-w45x-fqpm-jpv8.