Unscored severity · published May 20, 2005
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 specifiers in the filename
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CVSS
7.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.7% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GE
Gedit · Gnome
2.10.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1686
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1686
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753
www.novell.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
www.redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html
oval.cisecurity.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245
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