CVE-2008-3916

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3916
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-04 18:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SUSE update for Multiple Packages - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
GNU ed File Processing 'strip_escapes()' Heap Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ASA-2008-461 (RHSA-2008-0946) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
VMware vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMSA-2009-0003 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Fedora update for ed - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: ed-1.1-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - GNU ed Heap Overflow in strip_escapes() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: ed-1.1-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
GNU ed: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat update for ed - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[Security-announce] VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:200 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[Bug-ed] Version 1.0 of GNU ed released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Security Advisory SA33005 - Avaya Products ed "strip_escapes()" Buffer Overflow Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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