Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.0/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:PAffected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 4, 2007
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified