CVE-2008-3916 (GCVE-0-2008-3916)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-04 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Heap-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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
24 references
Date Public
2008-08-21 00:00
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