CVE-2007-6561

Exp

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in PDFLib allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument to the PDF_load_image function that results in an overflow in the pdc_fsearch_fopen function, and possibly other vectors.

Published: 2007-12-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6561 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.84%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2007-6561

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30928 exploit_db edb 2007-12-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6561

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 2025-10-16 4.04% 3.84% -0.21%
2 2025-03-30 2.92% 4.04% +1.12%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.92% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6561

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.7 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 5.5 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6561

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6561

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-6561: 1 GLSA(s) (200803-17), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/pdflib); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-6561

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6561

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pdflib pdflib 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:pdflib:pdflib:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6561

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