CVE-2007-5825

Format string vulnerability in the ws_addarg function in webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) password portion of base64-encoded data on the "Authorization: Basic" HTTP header line.

Published: 2007-11-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-5825 is rated Moderate Risk (61.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.38%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5825

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 2026-01-20 5.05% 5.38% +0.32%
2 2025-11-30 4.46% 5.05% +0.59%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.46% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5825

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-2007-5825

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5825

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2007-5825: 1 GLSA(s) (200712-18), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/mt-daapd); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5825
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-5825 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mt-daapd), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): ignored 2, not-affected 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5825

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5825

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
firefly media_server 0.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:firefly:media_server:0.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5825

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