CVE-2007-5197

Buffer overflow in the Mono.Math.BigInteger class in Mono 1.2.5.1 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to Reduce in Montgomery-based Pow methods.

Published: 2007-11-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5197 is rated Moderate Risk (60.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.34%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.02% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5197

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 2025-05-28 1.32% 2.34% +1.02%
2 2025-03-30 1.98% 1.32% -0.66%
3 2025-03-29 1.98%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5197

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5197

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5197

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2007-5197 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mono), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5197
gentoo high CVE-2007-5197: 1 GLSA(s) (200711-10), 1 atom(s) (dev-lang/mono); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5197
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5197
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-5197 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mono), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5197

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5197

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mono mono <= 1.2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono mono 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono mono 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono mono 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono mono 1.1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:1.1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono mono 1.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono mono 1.1.13.4 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:1.1.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono mono 1.1.13.6 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:1.1.13.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono mono 1.1.13.7 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:1.1.13.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono mono 1.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono mono 1.1.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:1.1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono mono 1.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:mono:mono:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5197

URL Tags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=134361&action=view
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197067
http://secunia.com/advisories/27439
http://secunia.com/advisories/27493
http://secunia.com/advisories/27511
http://secunia.com/advisories/27583
http://secunia.com/advisories/27612
http://secunia.com/advisories/27639
http://secunia.com/advisories/27937
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1397
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-10.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:218
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_23_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26279
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018892
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-553-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3716
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=367471
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38248
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00249.html
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