CVE-2005-1686 | BDVDB-2026-10447 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/138-1/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9845
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.