CVE-2007-4140

Exp

Buffer overflow in Live for Speed (LFS) S2 ALPHA PATCH 0.5x allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .mpr file (replay file) that contains a long car name.

Published: 2007-08-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4140 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 20.27%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-4140

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4252 exploit_db edb 2007-08-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4140

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-22 19.65% 20.27% +0.61%
2 2025-11-07 4.45% 19.65% +15.20%
3 2025-05-22 4.45%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4140

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4140

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4140

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lfs live_for_speed_s2 alpha_patch_0.5 cpe:2.3:a:lfs:live_for_speed_s2:alpha_patch_0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4140

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