CVE-2007-5395: Abiword Link Grammar

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the separate_word function in tokenize.c in Link Grammar 4.1b and possibly other versions, as used in AbiWord Link Grammar 4.2.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long word, as reachable through the separate_sentence function.

Affected products

• Abiword Abiword Link Grammar: version 4.2.4 only
• Link Grammar Link Grammar: version 4.1b only

Published 2007-11-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.