FKIE_CVE-2007-5037
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-09-24 00:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:45
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the inotifytools_snprintf function in src/inotifytools.c in the inotify-tools library before 3.11 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| inotify | inotify-tools | * |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:45:19.930",
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