FKIE_CVE-2007-1536
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-03-20 20:19 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:37
Severity
Summary
Integer underflow in the file_printf function in the "file" program before 4.20 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
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