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CVE-2008-3916

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
04/09/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

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

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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