CVE-2008-3916

Summary

CVECVE-2008-3916
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-04 18:41:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:50:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes function in signal.c in GNU ed before 1.0 allows context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: since ed itself does not typically run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when ed is invoked as a third-party component.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Ed 0.2 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.4 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.5 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.6 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.7 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.8 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.9 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.2 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.4 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.5 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.6 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.7 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.8 All All All
Application Gnu Ed 0.9 All All All

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