Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate…
Priority LOW 31Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02225 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0 | Vulnerable | GNU |
| cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.1 | Vulnerable | GNU |
| cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2.28 | Vulnerable | GNU |
| cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2.29 | Vulnerable | GNU |
| cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2.30 | Vulnerable | GNU |
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·GNU
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.28 Vulnerable ·GNU
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.29 Vulnerable ·GNU
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.30 Vulnerable ·GNU
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-2452
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4cfr-8c5p-5jg6
References
Advisory 2
More GNU Findutils vulnerabilities
- TI-2001-00991 GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2007-2452 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-2452 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4cfr-8c5p-5jg6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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