FKIE_CVE-2009-1515

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-05-04 16:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:07
Severity
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the cdf_read_sat function in src/cdf.c in Christos Zoulas file 5.00 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted compound document file, as demonstrated by a .msi, .doc, or .mpp file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.01.tar.gz
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515603
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525820
cve@mitre.orghttp://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2009/000379.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34881Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:129
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/54100
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34745Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.01.tar.gz
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515603
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525820
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2009/000379.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34881Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:129
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/54100
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34745Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
christos_zoulas file 5.00
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:07:25.860",
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