CVE-2005-1686
Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bin file with format string...
- Published
- May 25, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- May 30, 2005
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 94.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bin file with format string specifiers in the filename. NOTE: while this issue is triggered on the command line by the gedit user, it has been reported that web browsers and email clients could be configured to provide a file name as an argument to gedit, so there is a valid attack that crosses security boundaries.
Sources
1jsk:exworm · linux · May 30, 2005
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