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title: "CVE-2007-1002\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-1002

Publication date 21 March 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Format string vulnerability in the write\_html function in
calendar/gui/e-cal-component-memo-preview.c in Evolution Shared Memo
2.8.2.1, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code via format specifiers in the categories
of a crafted shared memo.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| evolution | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.10.1-0ubuntu2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.8.1-0ubuntu4.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.6.1-0ubuntu7.1 |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1002)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1002)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-1002)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1002)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-442-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-442-1)
+ Evolution vulnerability
+ 26 March 2007

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1002>