CVE-2008-3916
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Published: September 4, 2008 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-15.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:200
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0946.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00847.html
References (24)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2008-08/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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