CVE-2005-1686

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.

2.6

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.38% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753	vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/138-1/	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9845	vdb entry signature
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2	mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245	vdb entry signature
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1686?: CVE-2005-1686 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1686?: To fix CVE-2005-1686, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1686 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-1686 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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