GSD-2007-2027

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
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Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.
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CVE-2007-2027
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