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CVE-2008-1688

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
09/04/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to improper handling of filenames specified with the -F option. NOTE: it is not clear when this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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