CVE-2007-2055

critical

Description

AFFLIB 2.2.8 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters involving (1) certain command line parameters in tools/afconvert.cpp and (2) arguments to the get_parameter function in aimage/ident.cpp. NOTE: it is unknown if the get_parameter vector (2) is ever called.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33964

http://www.vsecurity.com/bulletins/advisories/2007/afflib-shellinject.txt

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467041/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2656

http://osvdb.org/35608

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-04-30

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00349