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CVE-2007-5395

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5395 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow in the separate_word function of Link Grammar 4.1b, also affecting AbiWord Link Grammar 4.2.4. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted long word. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it has not garnered widespread attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:link_grammar:link_grammar:4.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:abiword:abiword_link_grammar:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0700 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5395Important

link-grammar buffer overflow in tokenize.c

Nov 7, 2007

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/27300
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27340
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27631
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27702
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27783
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28101
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / secunia_research/2007-78/advisory
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / secunia_research/2007-79/advisory
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200711-27.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/38317
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00411.html
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1432
securityfocus.com / archive/1/483368/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/483370/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26365
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-545-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3770
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3771