CVE-2008-1687
N/A
Published: April 9, 2008 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorM4
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect filename.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29671Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29729Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
Source: [email protected]
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/12Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/3Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/4Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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