CVE-2008-1994

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1994
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-27 21:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in (a) acon.c, (b) menu.c, and (c) child.c in Acon 1.0.5-5 through 1.0.5-7 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long HOME environment variable or (2) a large number of terminal columns.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ahmed Abdel-hamid Mohamed Acon 1.0.5-5 All All All
Application Ahmed Abdel-hamid Mohamed Acon 1.0.5-6 All All All
Application Ahmed Abdel-hamid Mohamed Acon 1.0.5-7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Acon Multiple Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
#476603 - acon: multiple buffer overflows - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Acon Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#475733 - acon: local root exploit - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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