{"id":"CVE-2007-0650","aliases":["EUVD-2007-0648","GHSA-2cfx-hwg7-jrm7"],"status":"published","title":"Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user...","description":"Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite files and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename.  NOTE: other overflows exist but might not be exploitable, such as a heap-based overflow in the check_idx function.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.04179,"percentile":0.90987,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2007-02-01T19:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:36:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"makeindex","product":"makeindex"}],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26982","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23872","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32284","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30168","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225491","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-17.xml","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1706","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:109","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1036","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0650"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2cfx-hwg7-jrm7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2007-0650","description":"Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite files and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename.  NOTE: other overflows exist but might not be exploitable, such as a heap-based overflow in the check_idx function.","status":"published","published":"2007-02-01T19:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T12:26:54.309Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:34:15.046008Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2007-0648","description":"Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite files and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename.  NOTE: other overflows exist but might not be exploitable, such as a heap-based overflow in the check_idx function.","status":"published","published":"2007-02-01T19:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T12:26:54Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:38:29.627526Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-2cfx-hwg7-jrm7","title":"Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user...","description":"Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite files and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename.  NOTE: other overflows exist but might not be exploitable, such as a heap-based overflow in the check_idx function.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-01T17:46:03Z","modified":"2023-01-31T05:03:33Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:48:29.288424Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2007-0650","description":"Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite files and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename.  NOTE: other overflows exist but might not be exploitable, such as a heap-based overflow in the check_idx function.","status":"published","published":"2007-02-01T19:28:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:36:00.06Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:01:13.10493Z"}]}}