CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3916

9.3 HIGH Published 2008-09-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-09-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• gnu ed 0.2 • gnu ed 0.3 • gnu ed 0.4 • gnu ed 0.5 • gnu ed 0.6 • gnu ed 0.7 • gnu ed 0.8 • gnu ed 0.9

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References