CVE-2007-5497

Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote...

5.8 MediumFix available

Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.

Exploit likelihood

4.11%Down 5.8 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.8

Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.

Record: CVE-2007-5497
CVSS 2.0: 5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-189
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.

Record: CVE-2007-5497
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2007-5472 No score

Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.

Record: EUVD-2007-5472
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r9pv-wqv4-69wf No score

Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote...

Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.

Record: GHSA-r9pv-wqv4-69wf
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.

Record: CVE-2007-5497
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-5497 No score

Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5497
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10731-1 No score

e2fsprogs-1.46.4-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the e2fsprogs-1.46.4-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:10731-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

ext2 filesystems utilities e2fsprogs

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`e2fsprogs` Debian:12	before 1.40.3-1	1.40.3-1
`e2fsprogs` Debian:13	before 1.40.3-1	1.40.3-1
`e2fsprogs` Debian:14	before 1.40.3-1	1.40.3-1
`e2fsprogs` Debian:4.0	before 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2etch1, plus listed versions 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2	1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2etch1
`e2fsprogs` Debian:5.0	before 1.40.2-1+lenny1	1.40.2-1+lenny1
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as	before 0:1.26-1.73	0:1.26-1.73
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as	before 0:1.26-1.73	0:1.26-1.73
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw	before 0:1.26-1.73	0:1.26-1.73
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw	before 0:1.26-1.73	0:1.26-1.73
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es	before 0:1.26-1.73	0:1.26-1.73

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es	before 0:1.26-1.73	0:1.26-1.73
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws	before 0:1.26-1.73	0:1.26-1.73
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws	before 0:1.26-1.73	0:1.26-1.73
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:1.32-15.4	0:1.32-15.4
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1	0:1.35-12.11.el4_6.1
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1	0:1.39-10.el5_1.1
`e2fsprogs-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1	0:1.39-10.el5_1.1
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1	0:1.39-10.el5_1.1
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	before 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1	0:1.39-10.el5_1.1
`e2fsprogs-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	before 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1	0:1.39-10.el5_1.1
`e2fsprogs-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	before 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1	0:1.39-10.el5_1.1
`e2fsprogs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1	0:1.39-10.el5_1.1
`e2fsprogs-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1	0:1.39-10.el5_1.1
`e2fsprogs-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1	0:1.39-10.el5_1.1
`e2fsprogs-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:1.39-10.el5_1.1	0:1.39-10.el5_1.1
`e2fsprogs` openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 1.46.4-1.1	1.46.4-1.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	affected, aliases, facts, published, references, title	GitHub Advisories, OSV
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2007-5497 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Ext2 Filesystems Utilities E2fsprogs, published December 7, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.11%, the 90th percentile. Fixed in e2fsprogs 1.40.3-1.

References

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