MEDIUM
fsplib off-by-one error
Published Jul 25, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.07%
Description
Off-by-one error in the fsp_readdir_r function in fsplib.c in fsplib before 0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a directory entry whose length is exactly MAXNAMELEN, which prevents a terminating null byte from being added.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider a user assisted client crash such as this to be a security flaw.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.07% 0.02069
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02069
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.07% (0.02069) | 80.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.07% (0.02069) | 78.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.62% (0.01621) | 80.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.27% (0.03267) | 91.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 19, 2024 | 8.59% (0.08587) | 94.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 5, 2024 | 7.00% (0.07003) | 94.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 28, 2024 | 5.35% (0.05347) | 93.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 20, 2024 | 4.51% (0.04511) | 92.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 13, 2024 | 4.83% (0.04831) | 92.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | 4.67% (0.04667) | 91.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 4.37% (0.04366) | 91.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.05% (0.04049) | 90.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (13)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188252 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://fsp.cvs.sourceforge.net/fsp/fsplib/ChangeLog?revision=1.17&view=markup x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://fsp.cvs.sourceforge.net/fsp/fsplib/fsplib.c?r1=1.19&r2=1.20 x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/38568 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26184 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26378 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27501 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:018 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3961 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251676 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3961
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3961
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188252 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://fsp.cvs.sourceforge.net/fsp/fsplib/ChangeLog?revision=1.17&view=markup | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://fsp.cvs.sourceforge.net/fsp/fsplib/fsplib.c?r1=1.19&r2=1.20 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://osvdb.org/38568 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26184 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26378 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27501 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-01.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:018 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3961 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251676 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3961 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3961 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 25, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 25, 2007
Link CVE-2007-3961
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a