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title: "CVE-2007-2500\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-2500

Publication date 4 May 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

server/parser/sprite\_definition.cpp in GNU Gnash (aka GNU Flash Player)
0.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number
of SHOWFRAME elements within a DEFINESPRITE element, which triggers memory
corruption and enables the attacker to call free with an arbitrary address,
probably resultant from a buffer overflow.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gnash | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 0.7.2+cvs20070518.1557-1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 0.7.2-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2500)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2500)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-2500)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2500)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2500>