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CVE-2007-5137

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5137 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ReadImage function of Tcl/Tk versions 8.4.13 through 8.4.15. This flaw, stemming from an incorrect patch for a previous CVE, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying specially crafted multi-frame interlaced GIF files where subsequent frames are smaller than the initial one. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0486 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tk-0:8.4.13-5.el5_1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5137Low

Tk GIF processing buffer overflow

Sep 7, 2007

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/26942
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27086
secunia.com / advisories/27182
secunia.com / advisories/27207
secunia.com / advisories/27229
secunia.com / advisories/27295
secunia.com / advisories/29069
secunia.com / advisories/34297
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Patch
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9540
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00261.html
attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1743
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html
securityfocus.com / bid/25826
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-529-1