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Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 20, 2005
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Apr 3, 2025

Severity

Low

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(84th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2005-1686

GHSA ID

GHSA-r7hv-4wrp-wf62

Source code

No known source code

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