CVE-2007-2452

no score yetEPSS 2.2%

gnu findutils: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 82% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2007-06-04
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gnu:findutils

References

http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
http://osvdb.org/36827
http://secunia.com/advisories/25477
http://secunia.com/advisories/40551
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2760

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