CVE-2005-1686
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1686
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2005-1686.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2005-1686
- Downstream
- Published
- 2005-05-20T04:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:26Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9845
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/138-1/