Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 1, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-0650
CVE-2007-0650
Description
Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite files and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: other overflows exist but might not be exploitable, such as a heap-based overflow in the check_idx function.
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References
11- secunia.com/advisories/26982nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30168nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-17.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23872nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1706nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32284nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1036nvd
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