fkie_cve-2008-3916
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-09-04 18:41
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
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